After running sysprep 8 times, you must recreate your windows image. Initial install the initial install is actually better with sysprepghost than with unattended. When the windows open click the allow image to install in unattended mode, then select the image file click ok and then click ok back at the original image window. Then select file select windows image and choose the install.
It will prompt for username, password in the clear, and computername. From what ive read, some say to create an unattend using the install. Unattended windows deployment services wds jared heinrichs. As part of the imageassist process, sysprep will be run on the os. Sometimes, software will look at the machine key or sid as part of a license activation. When later configuration passes run, the computer applies settings in that answer file to the system.
Mysysprep2 works well at adding the system to the domain during sysprep, but it is not unattended. Having prepared a template with sysprep, an answer file can be used to automate the initial configuration at the next boot. First of all, you need to perform a clean windows 10 installation on. No matter how many tutorials i follow, answer files i create, or installs i perform, i just cannot get it to work properly. It sits calmly at the bottom of your screen, holding icons for programs. How to enable unattended updates on ubuntu server 16. How to make an unattended sysprep for windows with.
You can install programs manually, or using the integrated windows 10. If you are creating answer files for unattended install of windows insider build. If you install windows by using an answer file, that answer file is cached to the system. This base system will have windows xp, service pack 3, software updates, and no other software installed. Install the drivers and apps you can install drivers and thirdparty programs that you would like to see in your. In lab 1a you put the system into audit mode, which is a special setup mode where a device maker can pre install software and configure settings on a reference iot device. Driver packages are best used with unattended setup profiles, because standard windows installation files do not always contain the drivers for recent hardware, and the goal of unattended setup is to have the target fully installed at the end of the process. After you perform the initial setup steps on a single computer, you can run the sysprep tool to prepare the sample computer for cloning. Answer files with sysprep for unattended windows 10 installation. Technet basic sysprep unattend xml file for windows server. How to add oem plug and play drivers to windows installations. Os is not assigned to hardware which it was installed on, but it keeps all drivers in driver store. How to create an unattended installation of windows 10. To prepare the unattended file, i use adk assessment deployment kit.
Does running sysprep remove applications previously installed. When youve made your customizations in audit mode, you can capture an image of your customized reference device. Sysprep is a tool that is designed for system administrators, original equipment manufacturers oems, and others who must automatically deploy an operating system on multiple computers. Sysprep generalize a windows installation microsoft docs. Deploy and specialize hyperv guest os automatically. Sysprep vs unattended installation techexams community. Then i sysprep and copy that profile to default so every user gets the setttings we want. Provisioning ms windows clones with sysprep and unattend. Rarely i have to mass install any software after, if. Because this answer file is cached, when you run the sysprep command, the system applies settings in the cached answer file. I already wrote on how to make a sysprep for windows 8, but now im going to show how to make an unattended sysprep. To do this you must right click it in wds and select properties.
How to create unattended windows 10 installation media. The next time that you boot the windows image, the specialize configuration pass runs. Windows 7 64bit unattended install with waik youtube. Customizing windows 10 in audit mode with sysprep step 1. In the next step we need to complete a unattended installation is an answer file.
The basics published 05apr2018 windows 10 unattended install media part 2. There are many ways to create and set up an answer file to install windows 10 handsfree. Now at this point, we should direct our attention to the unattend file. Sysprep is a system preparation tool that allows you to edit windows images to bring them to a generalized state. Unattended, a windows deployment system list unattended. This software is present in all windows installations, and it is very important to prepare a system for cloning and distribution on multiple machines in the same network. The guest operating system customization feature in vcenter server and vmware vcenter server appliance uses the functions of the sysprep tool. However, driver packages can also be used with cloningmode system profiles, because sysprep can use driver packages to install new devices. Next i followed up with unattended xml process to and validate the selection. Ive created my answer file and saved it as f, now when i run sysprep, what buttons do i push to make the install fully unattended. To create and unattended xml, you will need to extract the install. Sysprep, unattended setups answer file and ghostcast.
As i pointed out in another article you can read it here, sysprep is an easy way to clone a machine, especially a virtual one. Depending on the size of the windows image installed software, customizations etc. Generalisieren einer windowsinstallation systemvorbereitung. How to add additional programs mcafee, ms office to wim. How to create an unattended installation of windows 10 windows. Download unattended, a windows deployment system for free. For that reason, desktop policies have a field to set up a file from varlibflexvdilocal as answer file. The answer file is a textbased document that is used in conjunction with the sysprep tool to configure the unattended destination computer. You can either use sysprep by itself or sysprep with an unattend answer file to. When you use sysprep on a machine with software like this, the application will stay installed, but you may have to resubmit its activation. Creating a driver software module for windows operating system. Windows7 untangling scripted installs, sysprep and configuration. I usually install the os in a vm, enter audit mode, run all the windows updates, then use the generalize option for the oobe experience. Create media for automated unattended install of windows 10.
How to sysprep sysprep is a great and powerful tool and. I use an installer user and install all of my software and tweek everything from the user look, updaters, configuraion of browsers, program settings, etc. For more information about syspreprelated windows unattend components, see the unattended windows setup reference for microsoftwindowspnpsysprep. On another computer, install the windows adk make sure the computer is the same architecture. Automating installations with the sysprep tool techrepublic. The word unattended indicates that the new installation of a sysprep machine will be automatized by some script, so settings like the computer name. What this means is that every time a new version of a program comes out, you just change the application in mdt and the new version will be installed on the next deployment. In the next part we will install windows 10 version 1803 on a reference hyperv virtual machine and start customizing the windows image. You can run the sysprep command up to 8 times on a single windows image. Copy the scripted install xml created above to your server, and change path to. Examples of applications which should be installed post deployment. The following commandline options are available for sysprep. Install the microsoft sysprep tool so that you can customize windows guest operating systems when you clone virtual machines.
If you have a windows 7 installation dvd, insert it now. The sysprep generalize command removes unique information from your windows installation so that you can safely reuse that image on a different computer. With the sysprep utility, you have use an additional 3rd party software to copy image and install on target computer i think. In lab 1a you put the system into audit mode, which is a special setup mode where a device maker can preinstall software and configure settings on a reference iot device. Install oem information and logo you can set your company branded info in the computer properties windows. This is due to the fact that you can manually set all the options you want for all the applications, without worriying about finicky autoit scripts, or reverse engineering just what changes actually happen. Applies settings in an answer file to windows during unattended installation. You can download and install software directly onto the reference virtual. The answer file is what truly makes an automated install process possible. Windows on the reference vm will be shut down when sysprep is complete. Weve got a software factory of sorts two tireless packagers who spend their.