- #Windows 10 disk catalog file for system image manager install
- #Windows 10 disk catalog file for system image manager password
- #Windows 10 disk catalog file for system image manager windows 7
In order for the GUI to not appear during installation the following settings need to be defined: How do we enable the local administrators account? Vista/Windows 7 disable this by default there doesn't appear a way around this, maybe a net user FirstLogonCommand could be used if really necessary. It may be possible to use AutoLogon to log an administrator in, then do some registry magic to remove the autologon and log the user out. Other options include using WAIK to create a dummy account, then using the FirstLogonCommand and net user to remove this account, however, this will require someone with the administrator role to login to get the commands to execute cleanly. This entry is apparently deprecated so we may need to revisit this in the future.
#Windows 10 disk catalog file for system image manager windows 7
Vista and Windows 7 look like they need a local account setting during the Out Of Box Experience phase but this seems to be avoidable by using skipMachineOOBE entry. This also gives you the option to select the installation image too, which is probably what we want in production rather than roll out a default image to all machines. You probably don't want these credentials in the XML files either so you'll have to authenticate manually (you will also need to select locale too as that's what WDS seems to want to do).
#Windows 10 disk catalog file for system image manager password
WDS needs to change the machine account password to do this, therefore WDS needs to be authenticated as someone with the necessary role. In order to join the domain without putting credentials in the XML files use UnsecureJoin.
The Panther logs WDS claims to it is using MAC address in preference - we will need to do some further investigations on this.
#Windows 10 disk catalog file for system image manager install
If you wish to join machines to a domain during the install and don't want to supply credentials that are held in clear text in the XML files, you will need to pre-stage the machines in the AD with GUIDs. WDSUTIL /set-server /architecturediscovery:yes If you not supplying the architecture in the PXE responses you'll need to configure WDS to automatically detect architecture using: REMEMBER: 圆4 images require amd64 components in XML file instead of x86 ones, you may see x86, 'amd64 and 'wow64 components so make sure you select the right ones. NOTE: WIM file must be named install.wim otherwise WAIK will want to create a catalog! WAIK can't create catalogs from images that have been install/loaded into WDS as they're split into resource and other component files, you have to use the original distributed image or export the installed image to re-merge it back into one. WAIK will usually find the catalog for the image if the file is named install.wim, otherwise it will want to create a catalog! If you really need to create a catalog and fails, try exporting the image first then create a catalog from the exported image. The Windows System Image Manager needs catalogs based on install images in order to know which component parameters are configurable.
There are two XML files that need to be created, although these can be placed in single file if desired: This allows XML files to be created for install image files, these are then linked to images using WDS management console. Install Windows System Image Manager from Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK).