autounattend.xml
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This service lets you create answer files (typically named unattend.xml or autounattend.xml) to perform unattended installations of Windows 10/11.
unattend.xml
This sets the following elements:
This sets the InputLocale element.
This sets the UILanguage element, which specifies the language that is used to display menus, dialog boxes, etc. Make sure that this matches the language of your Windows 10/11 .iso file.
When you select multiple processor architectures, a single autounattend.xml file will be created that is applicable to all of these architectures.
GPT MBR
Create recovery partition
⚠ Windows Setup will wipe your hard drive (more specifically, disk 0) without further warning.
This service no longer uses the DiskConfiguration element. Instead, it executes a diskpart script to create partitions according to Microsoft's requirements for GPT and MBR disks.
diskpart
This sets a generic product key, which can be used to install Windows, but will not activate it. You can change the product key later.
Administrator
⚠ The passwords for the accounts selected above will be set to password. Make sure to change this, either by editing the <Value>password</Value> elements in the autounattend.xml file or by changing the passwords when Windows has been installed.
<Value>password</Value>
The user accounts selected above will be local accounts. Windows Setup will not ask you for „security questions“ or try to lure you into creating a Microsoft account.
This sets the ProtectYourPC element.
This sets the HideWirelessSetupInOOBE element.
This service can generate templates for all available components, with respect to their valid configuration passes. Look for <!--Placeholder--> comments in the generated autounattend.xml file and fill in the desired settings.
<!--Placeholder-->