That makes sense. For those who are taking advantage of the free upgrade for Windows 7/8.1 Core and Pro editions, how are you managing the the generation of hardware IDs to allow for genuine status? I'll be responsible for deploying to around 25 Windows 7 Professional boxes and it would be nice if there was a way to be able to pull a fresh Windows 10 image off the server and sort out the upgrade licencing/hardware ID and activate after the fact. Or at least a system to minimise the gruelling process of upgrading each system manually via an ISO?
You're not alone Also looking for a way to upgrade multiple systems at once. Hopefully someone will figure something out. Else,
Yeah. I've got a bunch of USB 3.0 SSDs which would make the job easier, but it's certainly a step I'd prefer to avoid. Some of these boxes are on Wi-Fi and only have USB2.0 which makes it super annoying to deal with. Surely there will be something that could do it, all that really needs to happen is that a hardware ID needs to be built, then you can pretty much do anything from there.
I'm really going nuts here with servicing the Windows 10 images. Every time I change something to the image (remove a single AppX or Feature using DISM), I am not able to successfully install W10 anymore in a VM. After completing the initial setup wizard (OOBE), it shows the error "Windows could not complete the installation. Please restart the installation." In the Event Viewer I see errors about not being able copy files to the user profile, and therefor continuing with a temp profile. I have never had these issues with Windows 8(.1) images. I'm using the DISM.EXE from the Windows 10 image to make the changes. Even tried installing the Deployment Tools from the ADK, but same result. Anyone have any idea what's going on here? Installing the original unedited ISO in a VM goes without errors! Describing the steps: dism /mount-image /imagefile:install.wim /index:1 /mountdir:G:\WIM dism.exe /image:G:\WIM /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /packagename:Microsoft.3DBuilder_2015.624.2254.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe dism /unmount-image /mountdir:G:\WIM /commit Then I open up the original MS ISO in UltraISO and replace the install.wim with the new one.
Well it's working perfectly here for me, I think you need to re-build the image before installing coz if the image contains more than two indexes then it will give error like this when one of the image is modified a bit, just try out re-building and then install.
Thanks for the tip, but I am actually using the Enterprise image now, so only 1 index inside. The same error occurred with the Pro/Home image. I've also ruled out UltraISO by creating a bootable USB (with Rufus) from the original image file and then replacing the install.wim with the modified one, still the same error after OOBE. I really don't understand what's going on here! Also no error messages in setupact.log, only the profile copy errors in the Event Viewer. EDIT: Same error with VirtualBox 5.0 as with VMware Workstation 11.1.2. EDIT2: Also, the modified install.wim index contains no errors according to DISM: G:\ENT\sources>dism /image:G:\WIM /cleanup-image /scanhealth Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool Version: 10.0.10240.16384 Image Version: 10.0.10240.16384 [==========================100.0%==========================] No component store corruption detected. The operation completed successfully.
Yes, I'm using the ADK which defaults to 64-bit DISM (according to the path settings). I'm now gonna try to service the image from within a W10 VM, and see if that changes anything - long shot probably.
Quick question here guys. Am moving my OEM folder from W7 over to 10 and am stuck. I have a bat that is run from startmenu/startup for a couple of DISM /online commands, silent installing some apps and importing reg tweaks. Straight away I got Access Is Denied errors on the reg imports, DISM commands and some apps. Now, I know these all work as Ive tested on a live 10 system but obviously ran them elevated as admin. On 7 they just worked. So, my question is: How do I set these files to be elevated and 'Run as Admin' from a batch file and SetupComplete?
Answer file Hello guys testing Win 10 UA have modified my 8.1 answer file for 10 though hangs on the very end of install. The wim is a single index 1. Pro. See xml there maybe something glaring obvious?
thats great news i think it do that but i have last adk so its not worth download adk for win 8.1 thanks !!!
Not in this case, is the reason for my post on the previous page. Can anyone please offer a working minimalistic answer file with any sensitive data removed?
WICD sucks bad... It's so annyoing that it want's to open always in Documents instead of last chosen path... I never wasn't even realize that this is important to work but if your files aren't located in the pogrammer's choosen path, your screwed. The help is a mess and incomplete... Documentation from MS get's really worse. Some Settings don't have a description and aren't self explaining. Yeah...Microsoft that's quality work. If you create and load and import some ppkg with User or Logon Commands the Names aren't displayed. This maybe is for "security" reason but that messes with WICD. Also the applyable Policies (nice that it's possible) are directly applied to registry instead of adding/creating through pol files (system32\grouppolicy) so that they are manageable. I coudn't get running the Embedded Feature like HideBootLogo and so on... activated or not. Applied with Unattend.XML or PPKG. Nothing...is there even some quality testing?