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  1. Kari
    Posts : 17,661
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       New #230

    Ztruker said:
    Kari, how did you plug in my unattend.xml? Did you use 7-Zip to edit the install.wim and delete what was there in Windows\system32\sysprep then add mine or did you actually gen a new install.wim?
    My earlier test was made by applying your answer file to default Windows image, and doing a normal clean install, partitioning manually and running Windows Setup. OOBE was fully automated, your answer file worked without issues.

    Today I decided to make one more test, this time doing it as you would have done. I created a new Generation 2 (UEFI / GPT) VM in Hyper-V, downloaded a fresh new Windows 10 ISO with MCT and installed W10 Home, booting to Audit Mode from OOBE region selection screen.

    I did some customizations, copied your answer file to Sysprep folder, making only minor changes (Finnish keyboard 040b:0000040b, OS language en-GB instead of en-US), leaving it otherwise unchanged. The answer file I used:

    Code:
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
    <settings pass="oobeSystem">
        <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>040b:0000040b</InputLocale>
            <SystemLocale>en-GB</SystemLocale>
            <UILanguage>en-GB</UILanguage>
            <UILanguageFallback>en-GB</UILanguageFallback>
            <UserLocale>en-GB</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>
                <HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>true</HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>
                <ProtectYourPC>1</ProtectYourPC>
                <UnattendEnableRetailDemo>false</UnattendEnableRetailDemo>
            </OOBE>
            <UserAccounts>
                <LocalAccounts>
                    <LocalAccount wcm:action="add">
                        <Description>Main local login</Description>
                        <DisplayName>Owner</DisplayName>
                        <Group>Administrators</Group>
                        <Name>Owner</Name>
                    </LocalAccount>
                </LocalAccounts>
            </UserAccounts>
            <RegisteredOwner>ACTS</RegisteredOwner>
            <TimeZone>Eastern Standard Time</TimeZone>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <settings pass="specialize">
        <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">
            <OEMInformation>
                <Manufacturer>ACTS</Manufacturer>
            </OEMInformation>
            <CopyProfile>true</CopyProfile>
            <OEMName>ACTS</OEMName>
            <RegisteredOrganization>ACTS</RegisteredOrganization>
            <RegisteredOwner>Owner</RegisteredOwner>
            <TimeZone>Eastern Standard Time</TimeZone>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="catalog://desktop/lenovo_gcustom_os/oscdimage_source/sources/install_windows 10 Home.clg" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />
</unattend>

    I sysprepped Windows with /generalize switch, and captured WIM.

    Next, I copied the contents of MCT ISO to a folder, deleted the original install.esd replacing it with my captured custom install.wim file. I added an autounattend.xml file to the root of the folder to do GPT partitioning and run Windows Setup, and created new ISO.

    Again, only changes I made compared to autounattend.xml I imagine you use were the locales, Finnish keyboard and OS in en-GB, and replaced my standard W10 PRO generic key with that of W10 Home. The answer file:

    Code:
    <?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="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">
            <SetupUILanguage>
                <UILanguage>en-GB</UILanguage>
            </SetupUILanguage>
            <InputLocale>040b:0000040b</InputLocale>
            <UILanguage>en-GB</UILanguage>
            <UILanguageFallback>en-GB</UILanguageFallback>
            <UserLocale>en-GB</UserLocale>
            <SystemLocale>en-GB</SystemLocale>
        </component>
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-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">
            <DiskConfiguration>
                <Disk wcm:action="add">
                    <CreatePartitions>
                        <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Order>1</Order>
                            <Size>450</Size>
                            <Type>Primary</Type>
                        </CreatePartition>
                        <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Order>2</Order>
                            <Size>100</Size>
                            <Type>EFI</Type>
                        </CreatePartition>
                        <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Order>3</Order>
                            <Size>16</Size>
                            <Type>MSR</Type>
                        </CreatePartition>
                        <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Extend>true</Extend>
                            <Order>4</Order>
                            <Type>Primary</Type>
                        </CreatePartition>
                    </CreatePartitions>
                    <ModifyPartitions>
                        <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
                            <TypeID>DE94BBA4-06D1-4D40-A16A-BFD50179D6AC</TypeID>
                            <Order>1</Order>
                            <PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
                            <Format>NTFS</Format>
                            <Label>WinRE</Label>
                        </ModifyPartition>
                        <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Order>2</Order>
                            <PartitionID>2</PartitionID>
                            <Label>System</Label>
                            <Format>FAT32</Format>
                        </ModifyPartition>
                        <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Order>3</Order>
                            <PartitionID>3</PartitionID>
                        </ModifyPartition>
                        <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Order>4</Order>
                            <PartitionID>4</PartitionID>
                            <Letter>C</Letter>
                            <Label>Windows</Label>
                            <Format>NTFS</Format>
                        </ModifyPartition>
                    </ModifyPartitions>
                    <WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>
                    <DiskID>0</DiskID>
                </Disk>
            </DiskConfiguration>
            <UserData>
                <AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula>
                <Organization>ACME Computers</Organization>
                <ProductKey>
                    <Key>TX9XD-98N7V-6WMQ6-BX7FG-H8Q99</Key>
                </ProductKey>
            </UserData>
            <ImageInstall>
                <OSImage>
                    <InstallTo>
                        <DiskID>0</DiskID>
                        <PartitionID>4</PartitionID>
                    </InstallTo>
                </OSImage>
            </ImageInstall>
        </component>
    </settings>
</unattend>

    That's it. Worked like a charm, booting up the VM from new custom ISO, everything went without any user interaction, until OOBE stopped here:
    Create media for automated unattended install of Windows 10-image.png

    All customizations were there, including the theme:
    Create media for automated unattended install of Windows 10-image.png

    Time lapse video showing the automated Windows installation on a VM can be seen on my OneDrive. At the end, I'll open the answer file used just to show it is the same than yours, only changes being the keyboard and OS languages.

    Long story, short version: there's absolutely nothing wrong in your unattend.xml file. I have no issues in using it on either virtual or physical machines (tested also using it to install for dual boot on laptop).

    Kari
    Last edited by Kari; 26 Aug 2019 at 07:36. Reason: Fixed some typos.
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  3. Ztruker
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       New #231

    Thanks again for all you work on this Kari.

    I'm at 18% in the dism /capture-image for my most recent try. It's a Oracle EFI/GPT VM, .vdi.

    Should have test results in about an hour.
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  4. Ztruker
    Posts : 14,047
    Windows 11 Pro X64 22H2 22621.1848
       New #232

    Another giant leap backward. Created a new install.wim, then a new iso using the autounattend.xml for efi. Now I get this:

    Create media for automated unattended install of Windows 10-image.png

    Looking at the vdi under Oracle VB (or vhd under Hyper-V) with shift+f10 then diskpart there are no partitions, so autounattend.xml did not work.

    Code:
    <?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="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">
            <SetupUILanguage>
                <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
            </SetupUILanguage>
            <InputLocale>0409:00000409</InputLocale>
            <SystemLocale>en-US</SystemLocale>
            <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
            <UILanguageFallback>en-US</UILanguageFallback>
            <UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale>
        </component>
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-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">
            <DiskConfiguration>
                <Disk wcm:action="add">
                    <CreatePartitions>
                        <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Order>1</Order>
                            <Size>450</Size>
                            <Type>Primary</Type>
                        </CreatePartition>
                        <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Order>2</Order>
                            <Size>100</Size>
                            <Type>EFI</Type>
                        </CreatePartition>
                        <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Order>3</Order>
                            <Size>16</Size>
                            <Type>MSR</Type>
                        </CreatePartition>
                        <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Extend>true</Extend>
                            <Order>4</Order>
                            <Type>Primary</Type>
                        </CreatePartition>
                    </CreatePartitions>
                    <ModifyPartitions>
                        <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Format>NTFS</Format>
                            <Label>WinRE</Label>
                            <Order>1</Order>
                            <PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
                            <TypeID>DE94BBA4-06D1-4D40-A16A-BFD50179D6AC</TypeID>
                        </ModifyPartition>
                        <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Format>FAT32</Format>
                            <Label>System</Label>
                            <Order>2</Order>
                            <PartitionID>2</PartitionID>
                        </ModifyPartition>
                        <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Order>3</Order>
                            <PartitionID>3</PartitionID>
                        </ModifyPartition>
                        <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Format>NTFS</Format>
                            <Label>Windows</Label>
                            <Letter>C</Letter>
                            <Order>4</Order>
                            <PartitionID>4</PartitionID>
                        </ModifyPartition>
                    </ModifyPartitions>
                    <DiskID>0</DiskID>
                    <WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>
                </Disk>
            </DiskConfiguration>
            <UserData>
                <ProductKey>
                    <Key>TX9XD-98N7V-6WMQ6-BX7FG-H8Q99</Key>
                </ProductKey>
                <AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula>
                <Organization>ACTS</Organization>
            </UserData>
            <ImageInstall>
                <OSImage>
                    <InstallTo>
                        <DiskID>0</DiskID>
                        <PartitionID>4</PartitionID>
                    </InstallTo>
                </OSImage>
            </ImageInstall>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:c:/wsiminst/sources/install.wim#Windows 10 Home" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />
</unattend>
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  5. Kari
    Posts : 17,661
    Windows 10 Pro
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       New #233

    Ztruker said:
    Another giant leap backward. Created a new install.wim, then a new iso using the autounattend.xml for efi. Now I get this:
    Your error message is typically given, when user while preparing a custom ISO file or USB flash drive has correctly deleted the original WIM or ESD file from the Sources folder, but for some reason forgotten to copy new custom WIM to replace deleted WIM or ESD.

    The same error message is also shown if the custom WIM is damaged, invalid, or it has wrong name or extension.

    Mount the custom ISO you made on host (right click file, select Mount). In an elevated command prompt, enter following command replacing the drive letter X: with the one your virtual DVD drive (mounted ISO) got:

    dism /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:X:\Sources\install.wim /index:1

    Take a screenshot showing complete command output, and post it here.

    Please notice: I want to see the command output from that exact ISO image you used in your last failed attempt, the one that gave the OSImage error.

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  7. datdereyeehaw
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       New #234

    Just to be clear, this tutorial works with the latest version of windows 10 v1903?
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  8. hsehestedt
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    Windows 11 Pro, 22H2
       New #235

    Yes, works perfectly with 1903. I've used Kari's tutorial with 1903 many times.
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  9. Kari
    Posts : 17,661
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       New #236

    datdereyeehaw said:
    Just to be clear, this tutorial works with the latest version of windows 10 v1903?
    hsehestedt said:
    Yes, works perfectly with 1903. I've used Kari's tutorial with 1903 many times.
    Exactly, no issues whatsoever.

    In fact, if you scroll up only few posts, my post #230 shows an example of a 1903 test I did just yesterday.

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  10. datdereyeehaw
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       New #237

    Why wouldn't you combine these two answer files into one?
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  11. johngalt
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    Windows 11 21H2 (22000.593)
       New #238

    Because the 2 files are used in different phases, would be my guess.

    From the tutorial:

    In this tutorial we will create two answer files to automate phases 1 and 3. An answer file is set of commands and instructions in XML format to tell Windows setup what to do and how to proceed. We will need two answer files:

    autounattend.xml to automate phase 1, Windows Setup
    unattend.xml to automate phase 3, OOBE
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  13. Kari
    Posts : 17,661
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       New #239

    datdereyeehaw said:
    Why wouldn't you combine these two answer files into one?
    Separating answer files, one for partitioning and Windows Setup, and another for OOBE makes it possible to use the same unattend.xml for OOBE regardless if target machine is UEFI / GPT or BIOS / MBR system, and how target machine will be partitioned.

    In addition, some users do want to do the Windows Setup, partitioning and install manually, using Windows Setup options or use DISKPART to setup disks and partition them, then deploy Windows with DISM. These users only need the unattend.xml for OOBE.

    There's nothing preventing combining both answer files. Just as an example, this is my standard combined answer file I use for MDT deployments:

    Code:
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
    <settings pass="windowsPE">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State">
            <ImageInstall>
                <OSImage>
                    <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
                    <InstallTo>
                        <DiskID>0</DiskID>
                        <PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
                    </InstallTo>
                    <InstallFrom>
                        <Path>.\Operating Systems\W10 Build 18965 x64 EN-GB\Sources\install.wim</Path>
                        <MetaData>
                            <Key>/IMAGE/INDEX</Key>
                            <Value>1</Value>
                        </MetaData>
                    </InstallFrom>
                </OSImage>
            </ImageInstall>
            <ComplianceCheck>
                <DisplayReport>OnError</DisplayReport>
            </ComplianceCheck>
            <UserData>
                <AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula>
                <ProductKey>
                    <Key></Key>
                </ProductKey>
                <FullName>Kari</FullName>
                <Organization>Win10.guru</Organization>
            </UserData>
        </component>
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE" 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">
            <SetupUILanguage>
                <UILanguage>en-GB</UILanguage>
            </SetupUILanguage>
            <InputLocale>040b:0000040b</InputLocale>
            <SystemLocale>en-GB</SystemLocale>
            <UILanguage>en-GB</UILanguage>
            <UserLocale>en-GB</UserLocale>
            <UILanguageFallback>en-GB</UILanguageFallback>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <settings pass="generalize">
        <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">
            <DoNotCleanTaskBar>true</DoNotCleanTaskBar>
            <RegisteredOrganization>Win10.guru</RegisteredOrganization>
            <RegisteredOwner>Kari</RegisteredOwner>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <settings pass="specialize">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-UnattendedJoin" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State">
            <Identification>
                <Credentials>
                    <Username></Username>
                    <Domain></Domain>
                    <Password></Password>
                </Credentials>
                <JoinDomain></JoinDomain>
                <JoinWorkgroup>AGMNET</JoinWorkgroup>
                <MachineObjectOU></MachineObjectOU>
            </Identification>
        </component>
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State">
            <ComputerName>*</ComputerName>
            <ProductKey></ProductKey>
            <RegisteredOrganization>Win10.guru</RegisteredOrganization>
            <RegisteredOwner>Kari</RegisteredOwner>
            <DoNotCleanTaskBar>true</DoNotCleanTaskBar>
            <TimeZone>W. Europe Standard Time</TimeZone>
            <OEMName>WIn10.guru</OEMName>
        </component>
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-IE-InternetExplorer" 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">
            <Home_Page>https:\\win10.guru</Home_Page>
        </component>
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Deployment" 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">
            <RunSynchronous>
                <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
                    <Description>EnableAdmin</Description>
                    <Order>1</Order>
                    <Path>cmd /c net user Administrator /active:yes</Path>
                </RunSynchronousCommand>
                <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
                    <Description>UnfilterAdministratorToken</Description>
                    <Order>2</Order>
                    <Path>cmd /c reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v FilterAdministratorToken /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f</Path>
                </RunSynchronousCommand>
                <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
                    <Description>disable user account page</Description>
                    <Order>3</Order>
                    <Path>reg add HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\OOBE /v UnattendCreatedUser /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f</Path>
                </RunSynchronousCommand>
                <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
                    <Description>disable async RunOnce</Description>
                    <Order>4</Order>
                    <Path>reg add HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer /v AsyncRunOnce /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f</Path>
                </RunSynchronousCommand>
            </RunSynchronous>
        </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>040b:0000040b</InputLocale>
            <SystemLocale>en-GB</SystemLocale>
            <UILanguage>en-GB</UILanguage>
            <UserLocale>en-GB</UserLocale>
            <UILanguageFallback>en-GB</UILanguageFallback>
        </component>
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-SystemRestore-Main" 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">
            <DisableSR>1</DisableSR>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <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">
            <UserAccounts>
                <AdministratorPassword>
                    <Value>VABpAHQAeQBzAG8AZgB0ADEAQQBkAG0AaQBuAGkAcwB0AHIAYQB0AG8AcgBQAGEAcwBzAHcAbwByAGQA</Value>
                    <PlainText>false</PlainText>
                </AdministratorPassword>
                <LocalAccounts>
                    <LocalAccount wcm:action="add">
                        <Password>
                            <Value>VABpAHQAeQBzAG8AZgB0ADEAUABhAHMAcwB3AG8AcgBkAA==</Value>
                            <PlainText>false</PlainText>
                        </Password>
                        <Description>Main user</Description>
                        <DisplayName>Kari</DisplayName>
                        <Group>Administrators</Group>
                        <Name>Kari</Name>
                    </LocalAccount>
                </LocalAccounts>
            </UserAccounts>
            <AutoLogon>
                <Enabled>true</Enabled>
                <Username>Administrator</Username>
                <Domain>.</Domain>
                <Password>
                    <Value>VABpAHQAeQBzAG8AZgB0ADEAUABhAHMAcwB3AG8AcgBkAA==</Value>
                    <PlainText>false</PlainText>
                </Password>
                <LogonCount>999</LogonCount>
            </AutoLogon>
            <FirstLogonCommands>
                <SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
                    <CommandLine>wscript.exe %SystemDrive%\LTIBootstrap.vbs</CommandLine>
                    <Description>Lite Touch new OS</Description>
                    <Order>1</Order>
                </SynchronousCommand>
            </FirstLogonCommands>
            <OOBE>
                <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>
                <ProtectYourPC>1</ProtectYourPC>
                <HideLocalAccountScreen>true</HideLocalAccountScreen>
                <HideOnlineAccountScreens>true</HideOnlineAccountScreens>
                <HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>true</HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>
            </OOBE>
            <RegisteredOrganization>Win10.guru</RegisteredOrganization>
            <RegisteredOwner>Kari</RegisteredOwner>
            <TimeZone>W. Europe Standard Time</TimeZone>
            <FolderLocations>
                <ProfilesDirectory>E:\Users</ProfilesDirectory>
            </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>040b:0000040b</InputLocale>
            <SystemLocale>en-GB</SystemLocale>
            <UILanguage>en-GB</UILanguage>
            <UserLocale>en-GB</UserLocale>
            <UILanguageFallback>en-GB</UILanguageFallback>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <settings pass="offlineServicing">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-PnpCustomizationsNonWinPE" 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">
            <DriverPaths>
                <PathAndCredentials wcm:keyValue="1" wcm:action="add">
                    <Path>\Drivers</Path>
                </PathAndCredentials>
            </DriverPaths>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="catalog://nas/kari/18965/operating systems/windows 10 18965/sources/install_windows 10 pro.clg" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />
</unattend>

    Notice that partitioning modules are missing from this sample file. That's because using MDT, partitioning is done by editing the MDT Task Sequence, not in the answer file.

    A sample about editing a basic GPT layout in MDT, only a single partition for Windows plus UEFI system partitions:



    In above sample, I am changing the size of Windows partition, making it to use 100 GB instead of default 99% of remaining disk space after EFI and MSR partitions have been created.

    MDT tutorial: Microsoft Deployment Toolkit - Easy and Fast Windows Deployment

    Kari
    Last edited by Kari; 27 Aug 2019 at 09:29. Reason: Fixed some typos, added information.
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