default windows 7 sp1 xml autounattend user create

I need to head home shortly but will check in again when I get home in case anyone has a brain wave they can share with me, I apologise if the above makes little sense, I've been at this all day and my head is fried. Then under amd64_Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup_.16385_neutral I've added the localadmin account with password and autologon count of 3. Only other thing which might be affecting it and I still can't get my head around is enabling the built in administrator account and adding another local administrator account (in my case 'localadmin').ĭefault admin is enabled under specialize pass using net user administrator /active:yes Should there be a product key (generic or otherwise) listed in specialize pass? In their instructions they add SkipRearm=1 under generalize pass but read elsewhere that this screws up if you're using KMS server like we are. I've followed the ITBros link listed in my original post pretty much to the letter but have had to tweak it slightly in an effort to get it to work. I had a feeling it might have been the KMS vs MAK key thing too but read somewhere that the KMS key is for the server rather than the clients, so assumed (not clever I know) that the MAK key should be used for activation.Īnd yeah I have a closing tag, there are 2 other components under Specialize pass, Microsoft-Windows-Deployment and Microsoft-Windows-Security-SPP-UX, the closing tag comes after that.

I appreciate any pointers anyone can give me on above.

I really wish there was proper full documentation somwewhere outlining what each component and pass was for and what to watch out for in given circumstances rather than trying to piece things together from a whole slew of websites. I'm using fogserver to upload the image to if that makes any difference at all. I've been checking google and technet sites for days - only hits seem to refer to leftover accounts in registry. I can post here or a link to it to the whole unattend.xml file if needed. Product key is the generic Windows 7 Pro one from here and I'm using a KMS server to activate so am scripting the actual MAK product key in the OOBE pass. The only element in this pass is as follows:

I've used WAIK to create the xml file from a Windows 7 64 bit Professional N SP1 wim file. I've used this link primarily to setup the unattend.xml file with.

The error was detected while processing settings for component. The settings specified in the answer file cannot be applied. 'windows could not parse or process the unattend answer file for pass. Apologies for such a long title - I've tried to pare it down where possible while still making it valid.

Default windows 7 sp1 xml autounattend user create