Hi,

I am making windows 8 auto unattended , after restart it boots into audit mode ..where i change my program data and user settings to different partition. after i restart into OOBE ..unattended is not working. Is that normal? or is there is anyway to continue unattended installation?. Please help me.

Thanks

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When you are in Audit Mode, you have to close the Sysprep window, then run sysprep from the cmdline using the /unattend switch. Preferably, your XML file should not have any WinPE passes in it.

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thanks for your reply. i put my unattened.xml in panther folder but i get this error (screen shot attached) and this is my xml. could you chk what is wrong?.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
<settings pass="oobeSystem">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<FolderLocations>
<ProfilesDirectory>E:\Users</ProfilesDirectory>
<ProgramData>E:\ProgramData</ProgramData>
</FolderLocations>
</component>
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <InputLocale>0407:00000407</InputLocale>
            <SystemLocale>EN-US</SystemLocale>
            <UILanguage>EN-US</UILanguage>
            <UILanguageFallback>EN-US</UILanguageFallback>
            <UserLocale>EN-US</UserLocale>
        </component>
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <OOBE>
                <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>
                <HideOEMRegistrationScreen>true</HideOEMRegistrationScreen>
                <HideOnlineAccountScreens>true</HideOnlineAccountScreens>
                <NetworkLocation>Home</NetworkLocation>
                <HideLocalAccountScreen>true</HideLocalAccountScreen>
                <ProtectYourPC>3</ProtectYourPC>
            </OOBE>
            <UserAccounts>
                <LocalAccounts>
                    <LocalAccount wcm:action="add">
                        <Password>
                            <Value>dwBpAHQAcAAyAFAAYQBzAHMAdwBvAHIAZAA=</Value>
                            <PlainText>false</PlainText>
                        </Password>
                        <DisplayName>Shan</DisplayName>
                        <Name>Shan</Name>
                        <Group>Administrators</Group>
                    </LocalAccount>
                </LocalAccounts>
                <AdministratorPassword>
                    <Value>cwBoAGEAbgBzAHMAdgBsAGkAdgBlADIAQQBkAG0AaQBuAGkAcwB0AHIAYQB0AG8AcgBQAGEAcwBzAHcAbwByAGQA</Value>
                    <PlainText>false</PlainText>
                </AdministratorPassword>
            </UserAccounts>            
        </component>
</settings>
<cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:D:/sources/install.wim#Windows 8 Pro" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />
</unattend>

thanks

Edited November 7, 201213 yr by Tripredacus

You have Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup in there twice. Check your answer file in WSIM for any other possible issues.

Also

You do not put it in Panther folder as that name. That is the recording folder for the Installation and it saves a unattend.xml file in that location. Place it somewhere else like C:\ and run this command

sysprep.exe /oobe /reboot /unattend:C:\OOBEAudit.xml

thanks for both reply's.. i have one more problem..

I am naming my pc ..but it is not applying the name which i specify. and i want to set my wallpaper so i put my wallpaper in $OEM$ and transferred to win...\web\wallpapers\windows\img100.jpg.. wallpaper was copied to the folder but it does not apply . any help?.

Thanks

Untitled new3.xml

Is this 64 bit or not you have both?

processorArchitecture="x86"

processorArchitecture="amd64"

Also have

processorArchitecture="wow64" which is wrong

set them all to one

also you have settings which are for Win 8 not Win 7

<HideOEMRegistrationScreen>true</HideOEMRegistrationScreen>

<HideOnlineAccountScreens>true</HideOnlineAccountScreens>

<HideLocalAccountScreen>true</HideLocalAccountScreen>

<HideOEMRegistrationScreen>true</HideOEMRegistrationScreen>

<HideOnlineAccountScreens>true</HideOnlineAccountScreens>

try this file

Untitled new4.xml

Edited November 8, 201213 yr by maxXPsoft

hi max.. thanks for your reply, it is for 64 bit win 8 pro ..i will try ur file and get back to u.. yes i used windows 7 SIM to build this answerfile.. thx

Edited November 8, 201213 yr by shanssv

hi ..sorry it does not work ...i mean it does not change anything..no homepage or pc name or wallpaper...any idea?

I am not dead sure but <ComputerName> cannot have blank spaces in it

To customize the Windows default theme, you must include the settings: DesktopBackground and ThemeName.

really you don't need to add to xml but replace this file even if you do that with

DVD\sources\$OEM$\$$\Web\Wallpaper\Windows\img0.jpg that is default image loaded when desk loads

Edited November 9, 201213 yr by maxXPsoft