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Windows 7 unattended/silent installation EULA problem
I am a Cisco CCNA and networking is my thing.
However, I am often asked to provide Desktop Support for one of our Bluechip clients.
I have decided to study for the MCTS 70-680 Exam.
I'm very familiar with Windows 7 CD/USB installations, but I obviously need to be able to perform silent/unattended installations for the exam.
I want to go on to be able to do fully unattended installations via PXE and WDS.
I am self learning via a Microsoft Tutorials and using the web to expand my knowledge.
This is what I have done:
I have installed the WAIK
I downloaded an ISO copy of Windows 7 from Microsoft.
I created a bootable Windows 7 UFD and copied install.wim from the sources directory to mydocs
I selected the install.wim as my Windows image
I then opened the unattend_sample.xml file from Program Files\Windows AIK\Samples
I did some basic editing - changed language, added user details etc, nothing too fancy, just want to get a basic unattended installation.
Then I saved the answer file as autounattend.xml and copied this to a UFD.
I placed the Windows 7 bootable UFD and autounattend.xml UFD in a PC and tried to build it.
During the installation, I keep getting the EULA before it partitions and copies the installation file.
I have set the x86_Microsoft-Windows-Setup_neutral/ImageInstall/UserData/AcceptEual to true
Here is the autounattend.xml:
Code:<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend"> <settings pass="oobeSystem"> <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"> <OOBE> <ProtectYourPC>3</ProtectYourPC> <NetworkLocation>Work</NetworkLocation> <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage> </OOBE> <TimeZone> GMT Standard Time</TimeZone> <UserAccounts> <LocalAccounts> <LocalAccount wcm:action="add"> <Password> <Value>IABQAGEAcwBzAHcAbwByAGQA</Value> <PlainText>false</PlainText> </Password> <DisplayName>Nigel</DisplayName> <Group>Administrators</Group> <Name>Nigel</Name> </LocalAccount> </LocalAccounts> </UserAccounts> </component> </settings> <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>en-GB</InputLocale> <SystemLocale>en-GB</SystemLocale> <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage> <UserLocale>en-GB</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"> <DiskConfiguration> <Disk wcm:action="add"> <CreatePartitions> <CreatePartition wcm:action="add"> <Order>1</Order> <Size>300</Size> <Type>Primary</Type> </CreatePartition> <CreatePartition wcm:action="add"> <Extend>true</Extend> <Order>2</Order> <Type>Primary</Type> </CreatePartition> </CreatePartitions> <ModifyPartitions> <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add"> <Active>true</Active> <Format>NTFS</Format> <Label>System</Label> <Order>1</Order> <PartitionID>1</PartitionID> </ModifyPartition> <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add"> <Format>NTFS</Format> <Label>Win7</Label> <Order>2</Order> <PartitionID>2</PartitionID> </ModifyPartition> </ModifyPartitions> <DiskID>0</DiskID> <WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk> </Disk> <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI> </DiskConfiguration> <ImageInstall> <OSImage> <InstallTo> <DiskID>0</DiskID> <PartitionID>2</PartitionID> </InstallTo> <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI> <InstallToAvailablePartition>false</InstallToAvailablePartition> </OSImage> </ImageInstall> <UserData> <AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula> </UserData> </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"> <ImageInstall> <OSImage> <InstallFrom> <MetaData wcm:action="add"> <Value>Windows 7 Professional</Value> <Key>/IMAGE/NAME</Key> </MetaData> </InstallFrom> </OSImage> </ImageInstall> </component> </settings> <settings pass="specialize"> <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"> <RegisteredOrganization>Itec Intelligent Services</RegisteredOrganization> <RegisteredOwner>Itec Intelligent Services</RegisteredOwner> <ComputerName>PCLAB01</ComputerName> </component> </settings> <cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:c:/users/nigelg/documents/win_images/install.wim#Windows 7 PROFESSIONAL" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" /> </unattend>
Last edited by Brink; 08 Mar 2018 at 09:46. Reason: code box