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Where to place powershell script in unattend.xml

I am currently having trouble running powershell script within the unattend.xml file that I have. The powershell is supposed install applications, but the xml file can't seem to run the line for the script. I have gone back and forth between using…
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Windows Unattended installation - run script as specific user

I am developing Windows installation on a local computer with unattended answer file and use setup.exe. In the unattended.xml I am adding a user X with a password. I want to add a script to the installation. The script does cipher to my files in a…
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How to delete partitions in unattended.xml Windows 10

I'm having an issue with deleting all partitions in a WDS unattened.xml file …
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What is "publickeytoken=31bf3856ad364e35"?

I am very curious to know what is this thing called "publickeytoken=31bf3856ad364e35" and where is that used for?
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Where to locate the unattend.xml schema

I'm in need of a way to modify an unattend.xml file programmatically. It would be great if I could just serialize to and from an object. But to do so I would need to get a hold of the schema so that I can run it through XSD. The referenced link…
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Windows build using unattend and ansible

I need to build a windows 10 image, from USB, using an unattend file and install other software packages using ansible. I have been an IT person for a long time, but don't' have any experience doing what I'm trying to do. First of all, is what I'm…
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diskpart didn't work in unattended sysprep

I run sysprep with an answer file, which runs a batch script in the specialize configuration pass. The batch script gets the target HDD index, and runs diskpart against that HDD. All files are located in C:\temp: C:\temp\unattend.xml …
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is there any way to run an unattended setup (answerfile) on windows 10/11 on ARM devices?

I've tried but every time, Windows boot errors with "Windows could not be installed". I've tried creating answerfiles (unattend.xml) with processorArchitecture="arm" set but still no luck
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How can a sysprepped Image with an answer file be deployed so that the useraccount becomes the domain user account?

I created an image that is uploaded to WDS, with an answer file used for joining the Device to a Domain. Whenever I deploy, a new user is created on the new machine for this Domain user, called DOMAINNAME.Username. I would like to set it up in a way…
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Unattend Installation with virtio drivers doesn't activate network drivers

I try to install a Windows Server VM on a Proxmox host with autounattended installation mode. The VM will be installed and starts as expected, but the network drivers (and so the network configuration) are not available. I've tried several options…
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Is it possible to apply unattend.xml on custom prepared image when deploy new PC?

I've created custom Windows_10_PRO_1909_x64 image with hashicorp packer (with QEMU). To build it I used unattend.xml file. Steps to prepare were: Absolutely unattended installation of Windows Installation of big amount of software Converting VM (it…
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Consistently call upon usb drive in unattend.xml to run netsh wlan add profile path

I'm looking for a way to call upon the path of a file that is located on a USB drive where the letter may change depending upon the PC it is inserted into. This is for unattend.xml file under the FirstLogonCommands.
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Unattend.xml does not work on first boot of new PC

I created unattend.xml file using Windows System Image Manager. It works when I run SysPrep on the PC but it does not work when newly installed Windows is starting. The whole point is to avoid OOBE during first computer boot.. Here is the…
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Windows 10 unattend.xml Disk Configuration Problem

I have some troubles with my answer file. The file works exept the "Disk Configuration" part. The Dialog popups every time even when i set the Value WillShowUI to "Never". I already tried so many examples from the internet, but none of them worked.…
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Visual Studio 2013 Update 5: Unable to create unattend installation

I'm trying to create the AdminDeployment.xml file for Visual Studio 2013 Professional Update 5 installation in unattended mode. I did not find information about VS 2013, as for 2015 it could be done with /CreateAdminFile command line key (see…
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