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Fogprep and Sysprep, is unattended.xml needed

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    William Danze
    last edited by Feb 7, 2012, 10:05 PM

    Hi,

    I am a sysadmin new to fog, and I was wondering if the unattended.xml from the AIK was mandatory when using sysprep. I have a set of Dell desktops with identical hardware, and I don’t use VLK, so I will be using the key that each desktop came with. This being the case do I need to install AIK to create the unattended.xml, or could I just run sysprep then upload the image to the fog server?

    Lastly, do I install 3rd party software before running sysprep, or is this something that must be done during “audit” mode.

    Thanks in advance for your help.

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      Zardan
      last edited by Feb 8, 2012, 9:33 AM

      unattended.xml isnt mandatory but using it will probably save you some time.
      You dont need to use audit mode and can install programs the way you usually do before running sysprep.
      Audit mode basically skips oobe and activates the local administrator account so you can quicker prepare the image or customize the computer.

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        Markverg
        last edited by Feb 8, 2012, 11:49 AM

        I would highly recommend using the unattend.xml, if you don’t you have to go through the “welcome to windows” wizard after deploying images…

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          William Danze
          last edited by Feb 8, 2012, 3:52 PM

          Firstly, thanks for such quick responses. I’m creating an unattended.xml with the AIK, and my main concern is that I don’t use a VLK. As I am reading this spiceworks guide ([url]http://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/show/2224[/url]) their example assumes a VLK:

          [INDENT=1][SIZE=12px][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]FirstLogonCommands (right click and add two sub blocks as we did before in step 4. specialize) [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
          [SIZE=12px][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]-First block [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
          [SIZE=12px][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]CommandLine: cscript //b c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /ipk XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX (windows 7 license key) [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
          [SIZE=12px][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]Order 1 [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
          [SIZE=12px][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]RequiresUserInput: false [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
          [SIZE=12px][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]-Second block [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
          [SIZE=12px][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]CommandLine: cscript //b c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /ato [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
          [SIZE=12px][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]Order 2 [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
          [SIZE=12px][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]RequiresUserInput: false[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/INDENT]
          [INDENT=1] [/INDENT]
          [SIZE=12px][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]Do I simply ignore those options, or do I add them but leave out the key? Will this crap out the unattended install?[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]

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            William Danze
            last edited by Feb 8, 2012, 3:54 PM

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              William Danze
              last edited by Feb 8, 2012, 3:56 PM

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                Markverg
                last edited by Feb 9, 2012, 8:25 AM

                I’m not sure, sorry… I allmost think you should create an unattend.xml for each pc with a unique licence key…

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                  Zardan
                  last edited by Feb 9, 2012, 8:36 AM

                  I think all Windows 7 editions got a trail period that can be reset 3 times (sysprep does this by default) so you can skip those and manually set the key and activate Windows after you have deployed the image.

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                    William Danze
                    last edited by Feb 9, 2012, 3:18 PM

                    [quote=“Zardan, post: 1201, member: 185”]I think all Windows 7 editions got a trail period that can be reset 3 times (sysprep does this by default) so you can skip those and manually set the key and activate Windows after you have deployed the image.[/quote]

                    Perfect. Thank you sir!

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