Unattended vista from nothing to dektop?

**kretmatt** · April 19, 2007

Hi,

I am trying to install vista business completely unattended. I do not want any dialogs, I just would like to see the desktop at the end of the installation.

I allready created a AutoUnattend.xml and installed with this, but my installation allways stops at "creat user", "set security" and "set time".

I tryied so much things. With SkipMachineOOBE, without SkipMachineOOBE, with only one user account (instead of four, I need at the end),....

Can please somebody review my AutoUnattend.xml and give me a hint?

Another thing is that all my settings for the layout are not working.

I would like to disable the sidebar (why is these thing anabled by default on a BUSINESS installation???), set the theme and the startmenu to classic and also do not want the UserOOBE.

Nothing of these settings themes to work.

Here is my file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
	<settings pass="windowsPE">
		<component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
			<SetupUILanguage>
				<UILanguage>de-DE</UILanguage>
				<WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
			</SetupUILanguage>
			<UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
			<InputLocale>0407:00000407</InputLocale>
			<SystemLocale>de-DE</SystemLocale>
			<UserLocale>de-DE</UserLocale>
		</component>
		<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
			<ImageInstall>
				<OSImage>
					<InstallFrom>
						<MetaData wcm:action="add">
							<Key>/IMAGE/NAME</Key>
							<Value>Windows Vista BUSINESS</Value>
						</MetaData>
					</InstallFrom>
					<InstallToAvailablePartition>false</InstallToAvailablePartition>
					<WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
					<InstallTo>
						<DiskID>0</DiskID>
						<PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
					</InstallTo>
				</OSImage>
			</ImageInstall>
			<UserData>
				<ProductKey>
					<WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
					<Key>XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX</Key>
				</ProductKey>
				<AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula>
				<FullName>PZ</FullName>
				<Organization>DPAG</Organization>
			</UserData>
			<DiskConfiguration>
				<Disk wcm:action="add">
					<CreatePartitions>
						<CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
							<Order>1</Order>
							<Size>30000</Size>
							<Type>Primary</Type>
						</CreatePartition>
						<CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
							<Extend>true</Extend>
							<Order>3</Order>
							<Type>Primary</Type>
						</CreatePartition>
						<CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
							<Extend>false</Extend>
							<Order>2</Order>
							<Type>Primary</Type>
							<Size>10000</Size>
						</CreatePartition>
					</CreatePartitions>
					<ModifyPartitions>
						<ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
							<Active>true</Active>
							<Extend>false</Extend>
							<Format>NTFS</Format>
							<Label>System</Label>
							<Letter>C</Letter>
							<Order>1</Order>
							<PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
						</ModifyPartition>
						<ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
							<Active>false</Active>
							<Extend>false</Extend>
							<Format>NTFS</Format>
							<Label></Label>
							<Letter>E</Letter>
							<Order>2</Order>
							<PartitionID>2</PartitionID>
						</ModifyPartition>
						<ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
							<Active>false</Active>
							<Extend>false</Extend>
							<Format>NTFS</Format>
							<Letter>M</Letter>
							<Order>3</Order>
							<PartitionID>3</PartitionID>
						</ModifyPartition>
					</ModifyPartitions>
					<DiskID>0</DiskID>
					<WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>
				</Disk>
				<WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
			</DiskConfiguration>
		</component>
	</settings>
	<settings pass="oobeSystem">
		<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
			<TimeZone>W. Europe Standard Time</TimeZone>
			<UserAccounts>
				<LocalAccounts>
					<LocalAccount wcm:action="add">
						<Password>
							<Value>ZgB6AGQAZQB2AG0AdQBjAGgAMgAyAFAAYQBzAHMAdwBvAHIAZAA=</Value>
							<PlainText>false</PlainText>
						</Password>
						<DisplayName>e3service</DisplayName>
						<Group>Administrators</Group>
						<Name>e3service</Name>
						<Description>e3service</Description>
					</LocalAccount>
				</LocalAccounts>
				<AdministratorPassword>
					<Value>dABlAHMAdAAwADAAQQBkAG0AaQBuAGkAcwB0AHIAYQB0AG8AcgBQAGEAcwBzAHcAbwByAGQA</Value>
					<PlainText>false</PlainText>
				</AdministratorPassword>
			</UserAccounts>
			<StartPanelOff>true</StartPanelOff>
			<Themes>
				<DefaultThemesOff>true</DefaultThemesOff>
				<CustomDefaultThemeFile>C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\Windows Classic.theme</CustomDefaultThemeFile>
			</Themes>
			<OOBE>
				<HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>
				<NetworkLocation>Work</NetworkLocation>
				<ProtectYourPC>3</ProtectYourPC>
				<SkipUserOOBE>true</SkipUserOOBE>
			</OOBE>
			<AutoLogon>
				<Password>
					<Value>dABlAHMAdAAwADAAUABhAHMAcwB3AG8AcgBkAA==</Value>
					<PlainText>false</PlainText>
				</Password>
				<Enabled>true</Enabled>
				<LogonCount>5</LogonCount>
				<Username>Administrator</Username>
			</AutoLogon>
		</component>
		<component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core" processorArchitecture="x86" 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>de-DE</SystemLocale>
			<UserLocale>de-DE</UserLocale>
			<UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
		</component>
		<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Sidebar" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
			<SidebarOnByDefault>false</SidebarOnByDefault>
			<Gadget1 />
			<Gadget2 />
			<Gadget3 />
		</component>
	</settings>
	<settings pass="specialize">
		<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
			<ComputerName>Z0000PC</ComputerName>
		</component>
	</settings>
	<cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:d:/vista/vista_business_dvd/sources/install.wim#Windows Vista BUSINESS" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />
</unattend>

Thank you very much

**Jeronimo** · April 19, 2007

I came to learn that installing unattended only works from boot, not when installing/upgrading from within windows (by use of autorun/setup). Not sure if you are running into the same issue. I also believe the next beta of vLite might contain unattended options, maybe if you wait for this a bit and try it from that it will work (then you can compare differences in the unattended file).

**kretmatt** · April 19, 2007

I came to learn that installing unattended only works from boot, not when installing/upgrading from within windows (by use of autorun/setup). Not sure if you are running into the same issue. I also believe the next beta of vLite might contain unattended options, maybe if you wait for this a bit and try it from that it will work (then you can compare differences in the unattended file).

Thanks, but I install from boot, not from within windows!

Do you have any news about when the next vLite beta will be available?

**Jeronimo** · April 19, 2007

It has been exactly a month since release of 0.95 beta (0.9 beta was 1,5 month prior to that) so my guess would be possible in a week or 2. However there is no schedule/planning so no guarantees.

**fizban2** · April 19, 2007

folks, please post Unattend Questions in the unattended forums!

**wax21** · April 19, 2007

kretmatt where the AutoUnattend.xml is located?

it must be in the root of the vista dvd or you can put it on a usb stick and name it Unattend.xml.

note that if you use the usb stick the hdd mast be blank.

Edited April 19, 2007 by wax21

**FireGeier** · April 19, 2007

Hello kretmatt,

These are "dead" tags:

		   <Gadget1 />
			<Gadget2 />
			<Gadget3 />

They will cause problems, so remove them!

Note:

This will troubleshoot the Sidebar problem only - hopefully.

Don't use <SkipMachineOOBE> on true, if you try to create an user account in oobe pass. Remove the <SkipMachineOOBE> tag completly and do all the settings, described here.

BTW, what kind of Vista DVD do you have? OEM, Upgrade or Full?

Regards,

Martin

**kretmatt** · April 20, 2007

Hi!

folks, please post Unattend Questions in the unattended forums!

SORRY!!!

kretmatt where the AutoUnattend.xml is located?

AutoUnattend.xml is located on a USB stick! It will be used, because a lot of dialogs are not displayed (ProductKey, LanguageSettings,...).

These are "dead" tags:

The "dead" gadget tags are because I tryed to disable the sidebar by remove all gadget pathes under Microsoft-Windows-Sidebar.

When I remove these I got these dead tags. If i leave them on default (%PROGRAMFILES%\windows sidebar\gadgets\SlideShow.gadget,true) I got no tags in the xml.

???

Don't use <SkipMachineOOBE> on true, if you try to create an user account in oobe pass. Remove the <SkipMachineOOBE> tag completly and do all the settings, described here.

I tryed this allready and did all the things you linked on TechNet, but nothing works.

BTW, what kind of Vista DVD do you have?

I use a OEM DVD. Could this cause problems?

@FireGeier:

Sollten unsere Unterhaltung auf eine Forum beschränken. Ich wäre für windows-unattended.de, aber wir können auch hier weiter machen.

Thanks to all!

**FireGeier** · April 20, 2007

I use a OEM DVD. Could this cause problems?

Yes, that's part of your problems. OEM DVD will hold an oobe.xml. This could interfear your oobe settings. Mount install.wim and check out here for an oobe.xml:

%WINDIR%\system32\oobe\info\oobe.xml 


%WINDIR%\system32\oobe\info\default\<language>\oobe.xml 


%WINDIR%\system32\oobe\info\<Country>\<language>\oobe.xml

If you find it rename it, unmount and commit install.wim and try again.

Rename $OEM$ folder on the root of your DVD, too.

Regards,

Martin

Edited April 20, 2007 by FireGeier

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