DISMTools

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  1. The Windows Guy

    The Windows Guy MDL Senior Member

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    Since the wizard is being designed, there is no option to jump between the two generators. Once all the pages have been created, I'll add that while encouraging everyone to test the wizard and report feedback
     
  2. The Windows Guy

    The Windows Guy MDL Senior Member

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    The Product Key page is in the works and is almost complete:

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    However, nightly installers won't arrive until this page is completed
     
  3. The Windows Guy

    The Windows Guy MDL Senior Member

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    The Virtual Machine Support page has been added:

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  4. drew84

    drew84 MDL Expert

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    @The Windows Guy
    1. Love the way the development is going

    2. For users following the Development (2482 +) branch, perhaps you can provide a second option after installation - Launch with flag /exp,...
    . don't know how much coding would be involved

    3. Currently experiencing a strange anomaly... during installation, (Green) splash screen appears IN FRONT of Explorer Window but,
    . when pressing the option to Launch DismTools, software GUI opens BEHIND (in the background) Explorer
     
  5. The Windows Guy

    The Windows Guy MDL Senior Member

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    @drew84
    1. Thanks!
    2. I think an option like that would not be necessary, as I only work on 1 experiment at a time and, when no experiments are present, the option would be a bit redundant
    3. It may be some quirk of the "TopMost" property of the splash screen. Honestly, it's not that big of a deal because it still launches the program normally
     
  6. The Windows Guy

    The Windows Guy MDL Senior Member

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    UnattendGen now supports passing command-line arguments. They are required, especially, for referencing XML files containing the user settings from the Unattended Answer File creation wizard. Here's an example:

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  7. The Windows Guy

    The Windows Guy MDL Senior Member

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    UnattendGen has seen several improvements today. The following image describes them as an overview.

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  8. The Windows Guy

    The Windows Guy MDL Senior Member

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    UnattendGen updates (2024/08/06):
    • You can now specify DiskPart configuration with the "/partmode=custom" flag
    • You can now specify Windows edition settings or a custom product key with the respective "/generic" and "/customkey" flags
    • You can now configure user accounts, auto-logon settings, password expiration settings, and whether or not to obscure passwords with Base64 with the last flags in the first screenshot

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    Also, UnattendGen is compatible with Windows Server 2012. I'm not sure about compatibility with Windows 8.1 since it is not explicitly mentioned in the supported operating systems list

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    Once this is finished, I plan on releasing a self-contained version (so you can run it without installing .NET 8) and including that in DT. Unfortunately, that will increase the file size (~120 MB uncompressed, ~50 MB with Ultra compression). What do you think about this?
     
  9. David Retzloff

    David Retzloff MDL Novice

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    Most similar tools are at least as large as you're indicating. I don't see a problem with even 200MB+. Whatever makes the tool(s) better. Rock on!
     
  10. The Windows Guy

    The Windows Guy MDL Senior Member

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    ohault MDL Member

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