Zabex Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 (edited) I'm trying to prepare an Win10-Setup-Image (using sysprep + autounattend.XML + Acronis) that could be installed on several PCs. But using my autounattend.xml the Setup does not ask for the Win10 ProductKey. I'v tried by adding in "Microsoft-Windows-Setup" (both X86 and amd64) <UserData> <AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula> <ProductKey> <WillShowUI>Always</WillShowUI> </ProductKey> </UserData> But that does not work. Removing an existing Key with slmgr.vbs /upk before sysprep does not help. I have no <ProductKey> entry in"Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup". The complete autounattend.XML file (with changed Passwords) is attached. Any idea, what I could Change? autounattend_anonymous.xml Edited February 1, 2018 by Zabex file attached Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryTri Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 If you try it on a computer that Windows 10 have been already installed before note that since Windows 8 the Product Key is hardcoded in the BIOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 It is designed to prompt for a product key unless one of these conditions are met: 1. The ProductKey/Key value is specified in the XML 2. The Edition or explicit path is specified in the XML with "/image/index" in ProductKey/Key value. 3. Specify edition in ei.cfg and have the associated default product key specified in pid.txt. Here is info about ei.cfg and pid.txt. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/windows-setup-edition-configuration-and-product-id-files--eicfg-and-pidtxt So take a look if your ei.cfg and pid.txt are causing the supression of the product key prompt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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