Many have grown to favor MDT deployments to standard unattend file deployments as it is very straight forward and will build the task sequence for you essentially. The first video outlines how simple it is to not only manage your deployments but also greatly minimize the time it takes while the second video walks you through, step-by step, the process of doing so with all the aforementioned tools. The videos are great but the resource you pointed me to, Build a simple Answer file is just that a simple answer file.
There are dozens of options and I thought that somewhere they would be documented. He said he was going to be writing a book about it. Here are a couple of titles:. Just wanted to check in on this thread and see if the additional links I provided were able to assist you with the answer file creation process.
Phil, thanks for the suggested reading. I will look at the books to see if they have the details I need. So glad to hear that, Mark! Happy I could help! Let me know if you need other resources in the future. I realize this is an old thread, but I have recently been reviewing the Windows 7 unattended deployment process and thought I might add two cents for those following in my footsteps:.
The components available in WSIM for building even a simple answer file are a little bewildering to the uninitiated. However, despite how obvious this tip seemed after I read about it, this is definitely a good time saver. For any component, element or setting, simply press F1 for Help will provide a fairly decent guide to the individual settings available.
Trying to research those via TechNet is time consuming at best, so once that simple option was realized, exploring the settings became soooo much easier and far more convenient To continue this discussion, please ask a new question.
Laplink Software, Inc. This process can take several minutes. The catalog file appears in the Windows Image pane.
Windows SIM lists the configurable components and packages in that image. If you open an existing answer file, you might be prompted to associate the answer file with the image.
Click Yes. Set the device to automatically boot to audit mode :. Prepare a script to run after Audit mode begins. In the AsynchronousCommand Properties pane, in the Settings section, add the following values:. Add a registry key. Add RunAsynchronousCommands for each registry key to add. See the Unattended Windows Setup Reference for a full list of configuration options.
The Panther folder is one of the folders where Windows searches for an answer file. When you apply your image , Windows will process your unattend file and will configure your settings based on what you specified in the unattend. Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported. An answer file is an XML-based file that contains setting definitions and values to use during Windows Setup.
In an answer file, you specify various setup options. These options include how to partition disks, where to find the Windows image that will be installed, and which product key to apply.
You can also specify values that apply to the Windows installation, such as names of user accounts and display settings. The answer file for Setup is typically called Unattend. You can therefore validate the settings in the answer file to the settings in the Windows image. However, because any answer file can be used to install any Windows image, if there are settings in the answer file for components that are not in the Windows image, those settings are ignored.
The components section of an answer file contains all the component settings that are applied during Windows Setup. Components are organized into various configuration passes: windowsPE , offlineServicing , generalize , specialize , auditSystem , auditUser , and oobeSystem. Each configuration pass represents a different phase of Windows Setup. Settings can be applied during one or more passes. If a setting can be applied in more than one configuration pass, you can select the pass in which to apply the setting.
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