Harpoon76 Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 I'm trying to build an autounattend.xml to script through the installation of Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. Don't want to use WDS or anything fancy, just make installing vanilla servers faster.I've got the WAIK and I've built my XML from that (attached). The XML does everything I want - except I always get asked to pick the language / locale at the start of setup, plus click "Install Now".I found this thread which the poster says works. So I copied all of the XML, yet setup still asks for the regional settings I've tried so many combinations under "Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE" without any joy - it's very annoying that one little bit doesn't work.If anyone can spot where am I going wrong, that would be great!Thanks,Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harpoon76 Posted August 24, 2012 Author Share Posted August 24, 2012 Forgot to click "Attach This File"AutoUnattend.xml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 SystemLocale missing from the WinPE pass.And to keep things the same across the board, you should use the same setting for InputLocale in both places, eather than one vs the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harpoon76 Posted August 28, 2012 Author Share Posted August 28, 2012 I think I'd taken SystemLocale out for that attempt after looking at the information in setupact.logEither way, just tried the attached file and still get prompted for language as setup starts AutoUnattend.xml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxXPsoft Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 (edited) en-GBNot supported. I cannot find it in waik help filesLook here last post Edited August 28, 2012 by maxXPsoft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harpoon76 Posted August 28, 2012 Author Share Posted August 28, 2012 (edited) en-GBNot supported. I cannot find it in waik help filesLook here last post I was taking en-GB from hereEnglish - United Kingdom : en-GB: United Kingdom (0809:00000809)I'd also found this blog post which detailed using en-GB rather than en-UK. The OOBE settings also seem to be working, so I was thinking en-GB is correct.Will try en-UK and report back. Edited August 28, 2012 by Harpoon76 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harpoon76 Posted August 28, 2012 Author Share Posted August 28, 2012 No luck with this XML either...AutoUnattend.xml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxXPsoft Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 I was looking through unattend.chm for Win 8 and Win 7. If you back up 1 page from the link http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh825678En-GB Partially localized language packAre you sure the image you have is multi? Some are notIf you are running Win 7 You can mount the image to a test dir and type thisDISM.exe /Image:D:\zMountDir /Get-IntlI get thisReporting offline international settings.Default system UI language : en-USSystem locale : en-USDefault time zone : Pacific Standard TimeUser locale for default user : en-USLocation : United States (GEOID = 244)Active keyboard(s) : 0409:00000409Keyboard layered driver : Not installed.Installed language(s): en-US Type : Fully localized language.The operation completed successfully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harpoon76 Posted August 29, 2012 Author Share Posted August 29, 2012 (edited) I haven't been down this road yet. I mounted install.wim (my 20008 R2 ISO came from TechNet):L:\>dism /image:c:\servicing /get-intlDeployment Image Servicing and Management toolVersion: 6.1.7600.16385Image Version: 6.1.7600.16385Reporting offline international settings.Default system UI language : en-USSystem locale : en-USDefault time zone : Pacific Standard TimeUser locale for default user : en-USLocation : United States (GEOID = 244)Active keyboard(s) : 0409:00000409Keyboard layered driver : PC/AT Enhanced Keyboard (101/102-Key)Installed language(s): en-US Type : Fully localized language.The operation completed successfully.Bit of poking later:L:\>dism /image:c:\servicing /get-intlDeployment Image Servicing and Management toolVersion: 6.1.7600.16385Image Version: 6.1.7600.16385Reporting offline international settings.Default system UI language : en-USSystem locale : en-GBDefault time zone : GMT Standard TimeUser locale for default user : en-GBLocation : United Kingdom (GEOID = 242)Active keyboard(s) : 0809:00000809Keyboard layered driver : PC/AT Enhanced Keyboard (101/102-Key)Installed language(s): en-US Type : Fully localized language.The operation completed successfully.Let's give that a go then... Edited August 29, 2012 by Harpoon76 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harpoon76 Posted August 29, 2012 Author Share Posted August 29, 2012 Haaaaaaaaaa! Yes! It worked! :thumbup I just get asked for which edition of 2008 R2 to install and the initial disk partitioning Many, many thanks maxXPsoft! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harpoon76 Posted August 30, 2012 Author Share Posted August 30, 2012 HP ProLiant ML350 G6 - AutoUnattend works as expected (skips regional choice)HP ProLiant DL120 G7 - Asks for language but the rest of AutoUnattend goes through after choosing edition and partitioning the arrayI've got both servers on the bench at the moment and simply took the USB stick from the DL120 (which didn't skip the regional settings) to the ML350 (which did skip the regional settings). WTF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harpoon76 Posted August 31, 2012 Author Share Posted August 31, 2012 Just booted an HP Core i5 desktop with the USB stick and that skips straight through to picking which version of 2008 R2 to install, so who knows what is going on the DL120 G7! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxXPsoft Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Don't know, perhaps it need some drivers on it?Adding Boot critical and all other drivers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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