HELP NEEDED - Autounattend.xml

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  1. chrisgun

    chrisgun MDL Novice

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    #1 chrisgun, Jul 30, 2017
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    Hi All

    Im setting up a server to handle Windows Iso and install them unattended.
    When booting to pxe it works and auto format and select the drive. and gets to the Installing Windows page but it show an error at the last bit after it restarts. (Completing Installation)

    The Error is -

    Windows Could not parse or process the unattend answer file for pass [specialize]. The settings specified in the answer file cannot be applied. The error was detected while processing setting for components [Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup].

    What i am trying to do is get it to install automatic with UK language. The username is User with admin and no password. so once we boot to pxe and select what operating system we can leave it and come back to it when it loads to desktop.

    This is for Windows 7
    Content of the Autounattend.xml file is below.
    Code:
    <!--*************************************************
    Windows 7 Answer File Generator
    Created using Windows AFG found at:
    http://windowsafg.no-ip.org
    
    Installation Notes
    Location:
    Notes: Enter your comments here...
    **************************************************-->
    
    <?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>en-US</UILanguage>
    </SetupUILanguage>
    <InputLocale>2057:00000809</InputLocale>
    <SystemLocale>en-US</SystemLocale>
    <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
    <UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale>
    </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-US</UILanguage>
    </SetupUILanguage>
    <InputLocale>2057:00000809</InputLocale>
    <SystemLocale>en-US</SystemLocale>
    <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
    <UserLocale>en-US</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">
    <Diagnostics>
    <OptIn>false</OptIn>
    </Diagnostics>
    <DiskConfiguration>
    <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
    <Disk wcm:action="add">
    <DiskID>0</DiskID>
    <WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>
    <CreatePartitions>
    <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
    <Order>1</Order>
    <Type>Primary</Type>
    <Size>100</Size>
    </CreatePartition>
    <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
    <Order>2</Order>
    <Type>Primary</Type>
    <Extend>true</Extend>
    </CreatePartition>
    </CreatePartitions>
    <ModifyPartitions>
    <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
    <Format>NTFS</Format>
    <Label>System Reserved</Label>
    <Order>1</Order>
    <Active>true</Active>
    <PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
    <TypeID>0x27</TypeID>
    </ModifyPartition>
    <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
    <Active>true</Active>
    <Format>NTFS</Format>
    <Label>WinOS</Label>
    <Letter>C</Letter>
    <Order>2</Order>
    <PartitionID>2</PartitionID>
    </ModifyPartition>
    </ModifyPartitions>
    </Disk>
    </DiskConfiguration>
    <ImageInstall>
    <OSImage>
    <InstallTo>
    <DiskID>0</DiskID>
    <PartitionID>2</PartitionID>
    </InstallTo>
    <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
    <InstallToAvailablePartition>false</InstallToAvailablePartition>
    </OSImage>
    </ImageInstall>
    <UserData>
    <AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula>
    <FullName>User</FullName>
    <Organization></Organization>
    </UserData>
    <EnableFirewall>true</EnableFirewall>
    </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">
    <Diagnostics>
    <OptIn>false</OptIn>
    </Diagnostics>
    <DiskConfiguration>
    <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
    <Disk wcm:action="add">
    <DiskID>0</DiskID>
    <WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>
    <CreatePartitions>
    <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
    <Order>1</Order>
    <Type>Primary</Type>
    <Size>100</Size>
    </CreatePartition>
    <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
    <Order>2</Order>
    <Type>Primary</Type>
    <Extend>true</Extend>
    </CreatePartition>
    </CreatePartitions>
    <ModifyPartitions>
    <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
    <Format>NTFS</Format>
    <Label>System Reserved</Label>
    <Order>1</Order>
    <Active>true</Active>
    <PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
    <TypeID>0x27</TypeID>
    </ModifyPartition>
    <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
    <Active>true</Active>
    <Format>NTFS</Format>
    <Label>WinOS</Label>
    <Letter>C</Letter>
    <Order>2</Order>
    <PartitionID>2</PartitionID>
    </ModifyPartition>
    </ModifyPartitions>
    </Disk>
    </DiskConfiguration>
    <ImageInstall>
    <OSImage>
    <InstallTo>
    <DiskID>0</DiskID>
    <PartitionID>2</PartitionID>
    </InstallTo>
    <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
    <InstallToAvailablePartition>false</InstallToAvailablePartition>
    </OSImage>
    </ImageInstall>
    <UserData>
    <AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula>
    <FullName>User</FullName>
    <Organization></Organization>
    </UserData>
    <EnableFirewall>true</EnableFirewall>
    </component>
    </settings>
    <settings pass="generalize">
    <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-SPP" 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">
    <SkipRearm>1</SkipRearm>
    </component>
    </settings>
    <settings pass="generalize">
    <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-SPP" 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">
    <SkipRearm>1</SkipRearm>
    </component>
    </settings>
    <settings pass="specialize">
    <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-SPP-UX" 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">
    <SkipAutoActivation>false</SkipAutoActivation>
    </component>
    <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-SPP-UX" 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">
    <SkipAutoActivation>false</SkipAutoActivation>
    </component>
    <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>-PC</ComputerName>
    <ProductKey>----</ProductKey>
    <TimeZone>GMT Standard Time</TimeZone>
    </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">
    <ComputerName>-PC</ComputerName>
    <ProductKey>----</ProductKey>
    <TimeZone>GMT Standard Time</TimeZone>
    </component>
    </settings>
    <settings pass="oobeSystem">
    <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>2057:00000809</InputLocale>
    <UILanguage>en-GB</UILanguage>
    <UserLocale>en-GB</UserLocale>
    </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>2057:00000809</InputLocale>
    <UILanguage>en-GB</UILanguage>
    <UserLocale>en-GB</UserLocale>
    </component>
    <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">
    <RegisteredOwner>User</RegisteredOwner>
    <OOBE>
    <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>
    <NetworkLocation>Home</NetworkLocation>
    <ProtectYourPC>1</ProtectYourPC>
    <HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>false</HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>
    <SkipMachineOOBE>false</SkipMachineOOBE>
    <SkipUserOOBE>false</SkipUserOOBE>
    </OOBE>
    <DisableAutoDaylightTimeSet>false</DisableAutoDaylightTimeSet>
    <FirstLogonCommands>
    <SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
    <RequiresUserInput>false</RequiresUserInput>
    <Order>1</Order>
    <Description>Disable Auto Updates</Description>
    <CommandLine>reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update" /v AUOptions /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f</CommandLine>
    </SynchronousCommand>
    <SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
    <Description>Control Panel View</Description>
    <Order>2</Order>
    <CommandLine>reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ControlPanel" /v StartupPage /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f</CommandLine>
    <RequiresUserInput>true</RequiresUserInput>
    </SynchronousCommand>
    <SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
    <Order>3</Order>
    <Description>Control Panel Icon Size</Description>
    <RequiresUserInput>false</RequiresUserInput>
    <CommandLine>reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ControlPanel" /v AllItemsIconView /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f</CommandLine>
    </SynchronousCommand>
    </FirstLogonCommands>
    <AutoLogon>
    <Password>
    <Value></Value>
    <PlainText>true</PlainText>
    </Password>
    <Enabled>true</Enabled>
    <Username>User</Username>
    </AutoLogon>
    <UserAccounts>
    <LocalAccounts>
    <LocalAccount wcm:action="add">
    <Password>
    <Value></Value>
    <PlainText>true</PlainText>
    </Password>
    <Description></Description>
    <DisplayName>User</DisplayName>
    <Group>Administrators</Group>
    <Name>User</Name>
    </LocalAccount>
    </LocalAccounts>
    </UserAccounts>
    </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">
    <RegisteredOwner>User</RegisteredOwner>
    <OOBE>
    <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>
    <NetworkLocation>Home</NetworkLocation>
    <ProtectYourPC>1</ProtectYourPC>
    <HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>false</HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>
    <SkipMachineOOBE>false</SkipMachineOOBE>
    <SkipUserOOBE>false</SkipUserOOBE>
    </OOBE>
    <DisableAutoDaylightTimeSet>false</DisableAutoDaylightTimeSet>
    <FirstLogonCommands>
    <SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
    <RequiresUserInput>false</RequiresUserInput>
    <Order>1</Order>
    <Description>Disable Auto Updates</Description>
    <CommandLine>reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update" /v AUOptions /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f</CommandLine>
    </SynchronousCommand>
    <SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
    <Description>Control Panel View</Description>
    <Order>2</Order>
    <CommandLine>reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ControlPanel" /v StartupPage /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f</CommandLine>
    <RequiresUserInput>true</RequiresUserInput>
    </SynchronousCommand>
    <SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
    <Order>3</Order>
    <Description>Control Panel Icon Size</Description>
    <RequiresUserInput>false</RequiresUserInput>
    <CommandLine>reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ControlPanel" /v AllItemsIconView /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f</CommandLine>
    </SynchronousCommand>
    </FirstLogonCommands>
    <AutoLogon>
    <Password>
    <Value></Value>
    <PlainText>true</PlainText>
    </Password>
    <Enabled>true</Enabled>
    <Username>User</Username>
    </AutoLogon>
    <UserAccounts>
    <LocalAccounts>
    <LocalAccount wcm:action="add">
    <Password>
    <Value></Value>
    <PlainText>true</PlainText>
    </Password>
    <Description></Description>
    <DisplayName>User</DisplayName>
    <Group>Administrators</Group>
    <Name>User</Name>
    </LocalAccount>
    </LocalAccounts>
    </UserAccounts>
    </component>
    </settings>
    <settings pass="offlineServicing">
    <component name="Microsoft-Windows-LUA-Settings" 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">
    <EnableLUA>false</EnableLUA>
    </component>
    </settings>
    <settings pass="offlineServicing">
    <component name="Microsoft-Windows-LUA-Settings" 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">
    <EnableLUA>false</EnableLUA>
    </component>
    </settings>
    </unattend>
    
     
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  3. mehdibleu

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    #3 mehdibleu, Aug 7, 2017
    Last edited: Aug 8, 2017
    sorry for the delay but i've just looked at tour topic:

    try to remove these lines from your script :
    Code:
    <ProductKey>----</ProductKey>
    
    and change these lines :

    Code:
    <SkipAutoActivation>false</SkipAutoActivation>
    
    to :

    Code:
    <SkipAutoActivation>true</SkipAutoActivation>
    
    BY doing that the script will make sure that entering window key and autoactivation are skipped during the installation.
     
  4. Flipp3r

    Flipp3r MDL Guru

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    Code:
    <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">
        <ComputerName>-PC</ComputerName>
        <ProductKey>----</ProductKey>
        <TimeZone>GMT Standard Time</TimeZone>
    </component>
    Perhaps "-" makes for error. Remove from computer name & either have the correct product key or leave blank.

    Those generated scripts always look crap with no indentation...
     
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  5. chrisgun

    chrisgun MDL Novice

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    Sorry for the late reply.

    Thank you for your help I got this working.

    I found that as i was using a All in one ISO it was part using a 32bit version then once restarted it used the 64bit version so the answer file was getting confused.