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Using a modified W7 unattend xml file I have been testing installs on VM (VMware Player).  First I installed the ISO directly and had no problems.  Then booting a W7 x64 WinPE I did a flat install with the modified W7 unattended file.  It completed and mostly worked, to my surprise.  I cannot run many W10 functions (eg, Display settings) without getting the following message:

 

Admin.jpg
 

I am running a local account created in the xml file during install.  It is an administrator account but not the Administrator account.  I enable the Administrator account and get the same error.  Any ideas?  I can sanitize and attach my unattended.xml file if needed.

Install is very slow compared to W7 (maybe it is VMware).  There is "Antimalware Service Executable" taking CPU often.  Can I get rid of it - how?

I did find that "Setup Complete" does not work.

In W7 I created a restore point in a script but it fails in W10 with a strange error.  I went in to manually create one and could not enable it.  Of course, I have not activated Windows.  Is this the problem?

I cannot find the equivalent of the W7 unattend.chm for W10.  Is it the same as W8 and where can I find it?

 

Thanks much for any comments and help.  Enjoy, John.

 

EDIT:  In order to have the "Turn on system protection" button not greyed out is that at least one disk needs to be selected in the previous screen.

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Thanks, kmaheshkumar, I have run WSIM and fixed the problems it found.  I am only installing the x64 version and will provide the file after I sanitize it - probably tomorrow.  Enjoy, John.

 

 

EDIT:  I am curious to know why I cannot signout  of the forum.  Anybody????????????????

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I cannot find the equivalent of the W7 unattend.chm for W10.  Is it the same as W8 and where can I find it?

 

You won't find unattend.chm. Microsoft stopped using compiled help files (.chm) a few years ago. All of their help documentation is online now in the MSDN  and TechNet Libraries. They do; however, provide the ability to select articles to download for offline use ... in HTML format.

You probably want to start with the Windows 10 Deployment Tools Reference article.

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Thanks, paradox355.  I think I ran across your reference but expected to find something closer to what I am used to seeing.  I will spend some time learning from you link.  I hope to find a document that explains all the unattend.xml commands.  Enjoy, John.

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i am totally irritated to use wsim for each time(when any mistakes done in xml i.e., i do most mistakes while doing it  :yes:) for my small requirement so i created a small c# app to create and start my Hyper-VM which helps me badly.

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It would seem few people are interested in W10 Unattended install. 

The "The app can't open problem" is caused by UAC being turned off during install.  I think it is this line of code:

<EnableLUA>false</EnableLUA>

This code causes my install to hang:

<CEIPEnabled>0</CEIPEnabled>

and produce this message after getting rid of a half formed error message:Failed_Install.jpg
What a mess W10 is.  Enjoy, John.

 

EDIT:  When I let WSIM set the CEIP value the install went fine.  I had not included some needed code.  "Feedback frequency" (Privacy) was still set to "Automatically" and not "Never" as I expected.  To use the "EnableLUA" value, after the install open the UAC screen, press OK and reboot - no more messages.

 

 

 

 

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If it is the same, if you set NetworkLocation to Public, then this prompt shouldn't appear.

Thanks, Tripredacus for the instant reply.  I will give it a try soon.  Enjoy, John.

 

 

EDIT:  I could not get this to work.  Using WSIM (10.0.10586.0), first it says NetworkLocation is deprecated and only allowed Home, Work and Other values.  I tried Home and Other (Public equivalent, I think) and still got the dialog.  The last time, I just ignored it and will see what that did. 

Since CEIP did not seem to do anything, what can be used to turn off most/all of the Privacy invading junk?

Thanks, John.

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On 15/01/2016 at 2:49 AM, johnhc said:

Thanks, Tripredacus for the instant reply.  I will give it a try soon.  Enjoy, John.

EDIT:  I could not get this to work.  Using WSIM (10.0.10586.0), first it says NetworkLocation is deprecated and only allowed Home, Work and Other values.  I tried Home and Other (Public equivalent, I think) and still got the dialog.  The last time, I just ignored it and will see what that did. 

Since CEIP did not seem to do anything, what can be used to turn off most/all of the Privacy invading junk?

Thanks, John.

Using the current 10 build & also prompts for the network nag, also asks to confirm Region setting & Keyboard whilst both is included in my xml. Has anyone else noticed this?

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