Creating Unattended Windows 7 Installation

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You need to configure relevant settings as follows:

1. Delete all existing partitions on the target machine and use a single partition eg. the entire C: drive for the OS install.

Configure the Microsoft-Windows-Setup | DiskConfiguration | Disk component to only create one drive and active it.

More reference: CreatePatitions

2. Copy a setup account to the default profile.

Create an Unattend.xml file that contains the Copy Profile parameter, the parameter must be as follows:

true

More reference: How to customize a default user profile in Windows 7

3. Change the timezone to CST.

The following XML output shows how to set the time zone.

Central Standard Time

More resource: TimeZone

4. Automatically enter the product key and active windows.

Specialize the Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup | ProductKey component.

More resource: ProductKey

5. Join the domain and assign a random computer name.

Specialize the Microsoft-Windows-UnattendedJoin | Identification | JoinDomain component.

More resource: JoinDomain

Set an asterisk (*) in the Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup | ComputerName component.

More resource: ComputerName

6. Set the default network location to "work".

Specialize the following parameter in the Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup | OOBE | NetworkLocation component.

Work

More resource: NetworkLocation

7. Set the system user name and org name.

Specialize the Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup | UserAccounts component.

More resource: UserAccounts