Create media for automated unattended install of Windows 10

hsehestedt · 02 Jun 2020

Okay, I'm trying again. Let me know if it shows up for your.

Note: When I preview my message the attachment is showing up.

EDIT: As soon as I posted the message, my attachment disappears. I'm inquiring with an admin about this.

oemlogo.zip

harisW10 · 02 Jun 2020

hsehestedt said:

Okay, I'm trying again. Let me know if it shows up for your.

Note: When I preview my message the attachment is showing up.

EDIT: As soon as I posted the message, my attachment disappears. I'm inquiring with an admin about this.

Okay, in that case can you please upload the zip file to file sharing hosts like mega or upload.ee

Regards.

hsehestedt · 02 Jun 2020

@harisW10, you should see the link now. Brink was kind enough to point out what I was doing wrong and fixed my post, and, yes, it was user error

. Apologies for the confusion. Let me know if that image works or not.

One way or another, we will figure this out!

harisW10 · 02 Jun 2020

hsehestedt said:

@harisW10, you should see the link now. Brink was kind enough to point out what I was doing wrong and fixed my post, and, yes, it was user error

. Apologies for the confusion. Let me know if that image works or not.

One way or another, we will figure this out!

Greetings @hsehestedt,

How are you doing there?
The oemlogo.zip you sent me really works I don't know how.
Here is the updated answer file which I made again from the very begining:
autounattend.xml

<?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>4009:00004009</InputLocale>

<SystemLocale>en-IN</SystemLocale>

<UserLocale>en-IN</UserLocale>

<UILanguageFallback>en-IN</UILanguageFallback>

<UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>

</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>5</Order>

<Type>Primary</Type>

<Extend>true</Extend>

</CreatePartition>

<CreatePartition wcm:action="add">

<Order>4</Order>

<Size>134103</Size>

<Type>Primary</Type>

</CreatePartition>

<CreatePartition wcm:action="add">

<Order>3</Order>

<Size>16</Size>

<Type>MSR</Type>

</CreatePartition>

<CreatePartition wcm:action="add">

<Order>2</Order>

<Size>100</Size>

<Type>EFI</Type>

</CreatePartition>

<CreatePartition wcm:action="add">

<Order>1</Order>

<Size>450</Size>

<Type>Primary</Type>

</CreatePartition>

</CreatePartitions>

<ModifyPartitions>

<ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">

<Format>NTFS</Format>

<Letter>D</Letter>

<Order>5</Order>

<PartitionID>5</PartitionID>

</ModifyPartition>

<ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">

<Format>NTFS</Format>

<Letter>C</Letter>

<Order>4</Order>

<PartitionID>4</PartitionID>

</ModifyPartition>

<ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">

<Order>3</Order>

<PartitionID>3</PartitionID>

</ModifyPartition>

<ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">

<Format>FAT32</Format>

<Order>2</Order>

<PartitionID>2</PartitionID>

</ModifyPartition>

<ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">

<Format>NTFS</Format>

<Order>1</Order>

<PartitionID>1</PartitionID>

<TypeID>DE94BBA4-06D1-4D40-A16A-BFD50179D6AC</TypeID>

</ModifyPartition>

</ModifyPartitions>

<DiskID>0</DiskID>

<WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>

</Disk>

</DiskConfiguration>

<ImageInstall>

<OSImage>

<InstallTo>

<DiskID>0</DiskID>

<PartitionID>4</PartitionID>

</InstallTo>

</OSImage>

</ImageInstall>

<UserData>

<ProductKey>

<Key>VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-3V66T</Key>

</ProductKey>

<AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula>

<Organization>Dell</Organization>

</UserData>

</component>

</settings>

<cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="catalog:c:/users/haris/desktop/install_windows 10 pro.clg" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />

</unattend>

unattend.xml

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>4009:00004009</InputLocale>
            <SystemLocale>en-IN</SystemLocale>
            <UILanguageFallback>en-IN</UILanguageFallback>
            <UserLocale>en-IN</UserLocale>
            <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
        </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">
                        <Group>Administrators</Group>
                        <Description>Main local admin account</Description>
                        <DisplayName>Admin</DisplayName>
                        <Name>Admin</Name>
                    </LocalAccount>
                    <LocalAccount wcm:action="add">
                        <Description>Daily standard account</Description>
                        <DisplayName>Haris</DisplayName>
                        <Group>Users</Group>
                        <Name>Haris</Name>
                    </LocalAccount>
                </LocalAccounts>
            </UserAccounts>
            <RegisteredOrganization>Dell</RegisteredOrganization>
            <RegisteredOwner>Haris</RegisteredOwner>
            <TimeZone>India 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>
                <Logo>C:\Windows\System32\oemlogo.bmp</Logo>
                <Manufacturer>Dell</Manufacturer>
                <SupportURL>https://www.dell.com/support/home/in/en/inbsd1/</SupportURL>
                <SupportPhone>080-2510-8037</SupportPhone>
                <SupportHours>Monday to Friday 9 AM - 6 PM</SupportHours>
                <Model>Vostro 15 3568</Model>
            </OEMInformation>
            <CopyProfile>true</CopyProfile>
            <OEMName>Dell</OEMName>
            <RegisteredOrganization>Dell</RegisteredOrganization>
            <RegisteredOwner>Haris</RegisteredOwner>
            <TimeZone>India Standard Time</TimeZone>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="catalog:c:/users/haris/desktop/install_windows 10 pro.clg" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />
</unattend>

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

Can you please arrange Dell oemlogo.bmp image for me.
Thanks for your help & @Kari for its wonderful guide.

Regards.

hsehestedt · 02 Jun 2020

Sure, try the attached file and let me know if it works. If it works, I'll let you know what I did.

NOTE: I have not tested this one myself. If it doesn't work, I'll redo it and test on my system as well.

oemlogo.zip

harisW10 · 03 Jun 2020

hsehestedt said:

Sure, try the attached file and let me know if it works. If it works, I'll let you know what I did.

NOTE: I have not tested this one myself. If it doesn't work, I'll redo it and test on my system as well.

oemlogo.zip

Lol this is what it looks like @hsehestedt
https://i.postimg.cc/c4srQppk/Capture.png
Nevermind I found one & thats fits perfectly.

Regards.

hsehestedt · 03 Jun 2020

So that's odd. Don't know why it looked so odd.

If you want to experiment, here's what I did:

I wanted to use something that comes with Windows if possible, so I loaded the original PNG file in Paint 3D. resized it to 128 x 128 and saved it as a BMP from Paint 3D.

JeepWillys58 · 12 Jun 2020

Kari said:

Thanks!

Honestly, it took closer to 30 hours to write, excluding test installs but including about six hours to try to find what caused this error when I thought I was ready and tested the install media:
Attachment 161194

That error message when you get it after running Sysprep means installation has gone beyond salvation, you must start from scratch. At the end I found out, as so often before, that the error was due a stupid newbie mistake I had done.

In addition, it took a bottle and a half cheap supermarket whisky, two frozen microwave pizzas and about quarter of kilo dark roasted espresso.

Kari

Dear friend @Kari,

First of all, congratulations for your very good job!

But can you tell me if it is possible in step 4.2 to add the component "FolderLocations" to the International-Core to Pass 7 oobeSystem, in order to direct the "users" and "ProgramData" directory to the data partition (D:\) and free up more space on the system partition? Did you know if it will work?

Thanks in advanced.
@JeepWillys58

Kari · 13 Jun 2020

JeepWillys58 said:

But can you tell me if it is possible in step 4.2 to add the component "FolderLocations" to the International-Core to Pass 7 oobeSystem, in order to direct the "users" and "ProgramData" directory to the data partition (D:\) and free up more space on the system partition? Did you know if it will work?

International-Core? Absolutely not!

ProgramData folder in Windows 10 cannot be relocated. If you do it, it totally screws your Windows installation.

To relocate Users folder is easy, I do it every time I redeploy or reinstall Windows 10. Just add the following code to settings pass OobeSystem, under component Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup:

Code:

<FolderLocations>
<ProfilesDirectory>X:\Users</ProfilesDirectory>
</FolderLocations>

Tutorial: Move Users Folder Location in Windows 10

Replace drive X: with your preferred drive.

Notice that the target drive must exist when OOBE starts, so the partition must be created in Part 3 in this tutorial.

I've relocated the whole Users folder in every Windows installation since early beta days of Vista, never had any issues with it.

Kari

JeepWillys58 · 15 Jun 2020

Kari said:

International-Core? Absolutely not!

ProgramData folder in Windows 10 cannot be relocated. If you do it, it totally screws your Windows installation.

To relocate Users folder is easy, I do it every time I redeploy or reinstall Windows 10. Just add the following code to settings pass OobeSystem, under component Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup:

Code:

<FolderLocations>
<ProfilesDirectory>X:\Users</ProfilesDirectory>
</FolderLocations>

Tutorial: Move Users Folder Location in Windows 10

Replace drive X: with your preferred drive.

Notice that the target drive must exist when OOBE starts, so the partition must be created in Part 3 in this tutorial.

I've relocated the whole Users folder in every Windows installation since early beta days of Vista, never had any issues with it.

Kari

Hi Dear friend @Kari

Sorry to just answer now, but I was busy ...

I really did as you indicated, but when I asked you a question I changed "OobeSystem" for "International-Core" and posted my question wrong, but I add it on "OobeSystem" at the first time.

Below are my autounattend-MBR.xml For disk with Bios and my unattend.xml for you to see and tell me if everything is correct.

autounattend-MBR.xml

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>pt-BR</UILanguage>
            </SetupUILanguage>
            <InputLocale>0416:00000416</InputLocale>
            <SystemLocale>pt-BR</SystemLocale>
            <UILanguage>pt-BR</UILanguage>
            <UILanguageFallback>pt-BR</UILanguageFallback>
            <UserLocale>pt-BR</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>550</Size>
                            <Type>Primary</Type>
                        </CreatePartition>
                        <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Order>2</Order>
                            <Size>60776</Size>
                            <Type>Primary</Type>
                        </CreatePartition>
                        <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Order>3</Order>
                            <Type>Primary</Type>
                        </CreatePartition>
                    </CreatePartitions>
                    <ModifyPartitions>
                        <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Format>NTFS</Format>
                            <Label>WINDOWS SYSTEM</Label>
                            <Letter>C</Letter>
                            <Order>2</Order>
                            <PartitionID>2</PartitionID>
                        </ModifyPartition>
                        <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Format>NTFS</Format>
                            <Label>USERPROFILES</Label>
                            <Letter>D</Letter>
                            <Order>3</Order>
                            <PartitionID>3</PartitionID>
                        </ModifyPartition>
                        <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Active>true</Active>
                            <Format>NTFS</Format>
                            <Label>System Reserved</Label>
                            <Order>1</Order>
                            <PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
                        </ModifyPartition>
                    </ModifyPartitions>
                    <DiskID>0</DiskID>
                    <WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>
                </Disk>
            </DiskConfiguration>
            <ImageInstall>
                <OSImage>
                    <InstallTo>
                        <DiskID>0</DiskID>
                        <PartitionID>2</PartitionID>
                    </InstallTo>
                </OSImage>
            </ImageInstall>
            <UserData>
                <ProductKey>
                    <Key>M7XTQ-FN8P6-TTKYV-9D4CC-J462D</Key>
                    <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
                </ProductKey>
                <AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula>
            </UserData>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:d:/windowsimagingconfigurationdesigner/iso_files/sources/install.wim#Windows 10 Enterprise" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />
</unattend>

unattend.xml

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>0416:00000416</InputLocale>
            <SystemLocale>pt-BR</SystemLocale>
            <UILanguage>pt-BR</UILanguage>
            <UILanguageFallback>pt-BR</UILanguageFallback>
            <UserLocale>pt-BR</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">
                        <Password>
                            <Value>VwBTAEkATQBfAFUAbgBpAHYAZQByAHMAYQBsAFAAYQBzAHMAQABkAG0ALQBTAFMASQArADIAMAAyADAAKgBQAGEAcwBzAHcAbwByAGQA</Value>
                            <PlainText>false</PlainText>
                        </Password>
                        <Description>Conta Principal de Administrador Local Universal</Description>
                        <DisplayName>Administrador Local Universal</DisplayName>
                        <Name>UniversalLocalAdmin</Name>
                        <Group>Administradores</Group>
                    </LocalAccount>
                </LocalAccounts>
            </UserAccounts>
            <RegisteredOrganization>Microsoft Corporation</RegisteredOrganization>
            <RegisteredOwner>Microsoft Corporation</RegisteredOwner>
            <TimeZone>E. South America Standard Time</TimeZone>
            <FolderLocations>
                <ProfilesDirectory>D:\UserProfiles</ProfilesDirectory>
            </FolderLocations>
        </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>
                <Logo>\windows\SoftwareDistribution\OEM\OEMLogoSS.bmp</Logo>
                <Manufacturer>SS.</Manufacturer>
                <SupportURL>https://www.SS.com/contacts/</SupportURL>
                <SupportHours>Segunda à Sexta: 08:00 às 19:00</SupportHours>
                <SupportPhone>(XX) XXXXX-XXXX</SupportPhone>
            </OEMInformation>
            <CopyProfile>true</CopyProfile>
            <ComputerName>SSDESKTOP</ComputerName>
            <TimeZone>E. South America Standard Time</TimeZone>
            <OEMName>Microsoft Corporation</OEMName>
            <RegisteredOrganization>Microsoft Corporation</RegisteredOrganization>
            <RegisteredOwner>Microsoft Corporation</RegisteredOwner>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:d:/windowsimagingconfigurationdesigner/iso_files/sources/install.wim#Windows 10 Enterprise" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />
</unattend>

I just changed some of the personal information with generic data to preserve my privacy.

A hug and thanks again.

Best Regards,

@ JeepWillys58