Windows Answer File Windows 10

Creating Answer Files for Windows Deployment Service

To make the installation of Operating System fully automated helps theadministrators a lot. It is a tedious job to give answers at each installationstep on each computer so the concept of Answer file is developed in which eachquery of the installation steps is answered and during the installation thesystem gets each answer from that file. In this way the administrator don’tneed to sit for a long time in front of a system just to complete theinstallation. From which the time and efforts are greatly saved by thispractice. Our objective was to create an Answer file of the Windows and thenattached this answer file with the image installed in Windows DeploymentService on the server so that the administrator is facilitated. Hence we havemade the answer file for automating the installations. To use the Answer filewith the image of Windows 7 deployed in Windows Deployment Service (WDS) wecreated two Answer files. One answer file will allow the system to join thedomain and loads the image from server and other automates the furtherinstallation steps.

Jan 15, 2016 I've built the answer file and the W10 image installs and answer file runs successfully except for the Windows 10 activation. Once the computer boots into the OS after install, i get an activation warning saying Windows could not be activated. I try to manually activate and nothing happens. I've used the keys MS provided here.

  • To create answer file Go to start menu , expand the Windows Automatedinstallation Kit and selectWindowsSystem Image Manager
  • The Windows System Image Manger is open, Select a Windows image orcatalog file by right clicking on this option and select Windows Image
  • Select the Install.wim file that was copied on to your system (during installation and configuration of WDS) andclick Open
  • Choose the appropriate Image for generating the catalog file for theimage in System Image Manager and click OK
  • To Create the Catalog file click Yes
  • The catalog file Generation Starts
  • The Windows 7 Professional image is open in Windows SIM
  • Expand the Components menu in the left pane under the selected Imageand Enterthe configuration pass Settingby SelectingMicrosoft-International-Core-WinPE to add Settings to Pass 1 Windows PE
  • Enter the appropriate values against each setting of the configurationpass to automate the Windows PE phase
  • Setup the User Interface Language in the right pane ofSettings i.e. en-us
  • Add Pass 1Windows PE Settings to the Microsoft Windows Setup Component
  • Right click the Disk Configuration tab andselect Insert New Disk
  • Choose the appropriate Disk ID i.e 0
  • Right Click the Create Partitions and select Insert New CreatePartition
  • Enter the order size and choose the type of partition
  • Select Modify Partition, choose the appropriate label, format and Drive letter tomodify thepartition settings
  • Select the UserData field and accept the End User Licence Agreementby giving it the True value
  • Expand The Windows Deployment Service field and enter the name of Imageto be installed in to the Install Image Settings
  • Enter the Disk ID and Partition Id in the Install To Field as to specifywhere the Operating System will be installed
  • Click on Tools menu and select ValidateAnswer Fileto Validate thisAnswer File
  • Click on File menu and selct Save Answer File to save this answer file
  • Enter the name of the Answer file and save in to the WdsClientUnattendedfolder within Remote install folder in the XML Format i.e. WDSUnattended.xml
  • Open New Answer File to create Second Answer File
  • Right Click the Microsoft –Windows –UnattendedJoin and select AddSetting to Pass 4 specialize
  • Expand the Microsoft –Windows –UnattendedJoin component and enter theappropriate Credentials i.e. Domain , Username and Password
  • Enter the Settings of Identification Tab
  • Right Click the Microsoft-Windows –Shell-Setup and select to AddSetting to pass 4 specialize
  • Fill the fields of Microsoft-Windows –Shell-Setup i.e. Computer Name,Product Key etc
  • Right Click on Microsoft-Windows Shell-Setup Component and select toAdd Setting to Pass 7 oobeSystem
  • Enter the OOBE Settings of Microsoft-Windows Shell-Setup Component
  • Select The Microsoft Windows International Core to Add Setting toPass 7 oobe System
  • Fill the Fields of Microsoft Windows International Core withappropriate values
  • Right Click the Local Accounts and select insert the New Local Account
  • Fill the fields to Insert the Local Account Settings
  • Validate
  • To Save The Answer File Select Save Answer File As
  • Save this Answer file in the Same folder of WdsClientUnattended withthe name of Autounattended.xml
  • The Two Answer Files are Saved in the WdsClientUnattended folder andthese files will be attached with the image
  • Go to Start menu, Administrative tools and open The WDS ManagementConsole
  • Right click The WDS Server and select Properties
  • In the Server properties window click the Client Tab and select theEnable unattended installation box and click on Browse to locate the AnswerFile
  • Open the WDSUnattended.xml File
  • The WDSUnattended.xml file is selected
  • In the WDS MMC Expand Install Images and right click on Windows 7Professional image and select Properties
  • Select Allow image to install in unattended mode and click on selectfile to choose the Answer file
  • Click on Browse to locate the Answer File
  • Select the Answer File named Autounattended.xml and click Open
  • The unattended File is selected click OK to continue
  • Check the file selected, and click Apply to attach the answer file withthe image

Answer File Windows 10 20h2

Note: Now The Operating System installation is completely unattended (automated) onthe Client Side.

Click HERE to download our AutoUnattended.xml answer file for Windows 10 1909 (2019H2).

File
  • With C: the supposed letter of your Windows partition (you can use 'e:' command to go to parition e, and 'dir' command on each one to see its content, just to make sure you're on the good partition. Windows parition often has Program Files, Program Files (x86), Windows folders, and maybe Intel or AMD folders).
  • Answer files (or Unattend files) can be used to modify Windows settings in your images during Setup. You can also create settings that trigger scripts in your images that run after the first user creates their account and picks their default language.

WARNING: This answer file will automatically wipe your hard disk clean and setup the required partitions from scratch.

Answer File Windows 10 2004

This answer file:

Windows Answer File Windows 10 Activation

  • Wipes the current disk clean and sets up new partitions
  • Sets the PC, Keyboard and User to use US English
    • If you want to change the user to a different region just open the .XML file and change the two <USERLOCALE> settings from en-US to whatever it should be (i.e. Canada would be en-CA)
  • Sets the TimeZone to MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME
    • If you want to change the time zone just open the .XML file, search for MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME and change it to your time zone. It is set it TWO different places
  • Enables feedback to Microsoft

Windows Answer File Windows 10 64 Bit

If you really want to edit it properly you need to:

  1. download Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (Windows ADK) 1903
    • Yes, 1903 because Microsoft said there is no 1909 version
  2. select and install Windows System Image Manager (WSIM)
  3. manually download the July 2019 patch for WSIM it
    • HELP > ABOUT shows build 10.0.18362.144.
    • See screen shot, if you have 10.0.18362.1, there will be problems
  4. find a current version of Windows 10 that has x:SOURCESINSTALL.WIM file (which is not the retail versions)
  5. Select FILE > SELECT WINDOWS IMAGE, point to INSTALL.WIM and wait for it to open the reference package
  6. Select FILE > OPEN ANSWER FILE
  7. Play until you can’t play any more

Answer File Windows 10

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