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Imaging Windows 10 Audit Mode

Good Morning,

We are new to Kace and imaging as a whole.  I installed Windows Ent 10 as a scripted install on a VM.  A plain vanilla install.  Once it booted for the first time I hit CTRL-Shift-F3 to enter audit mode.  We made the changes to the image as needed and imaged with Kace.  

Upon boot the Terms of Service popped up, the  ability to choose your wireless or connection, and the Use Express settings show up.

How can we bypass all this stuff?  It is for a corporate image and this would not be good to do if we have ti image hundreds of systems.

Thank you
Asked 8 years ago 4443 views
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Answers (4)

Posted by: SMal.tmcc 8 years ago
Red Belt
1
here is the answer file I created: you can take and make minor changes to brand it to your org and
use it.  (You will want to remove the task bar links) Left as example if you want to add any of your own.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
    <settings pass="generalize">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <OEMInformation>
                <Manufacturer>TMCC ITO</Manufacturer>
                <Model>Admin Image</Model>
                <SupportHours>8-5</SupportHours>
                <SupportPhone>673-7800</SupportPhone>
                <SupportURL>http://www.tmcc.edu/it/contact/</SupportURL>
            </OEMInformation>
            <DoNotCleanTaskBar>true</DoNotCleanTaskBar>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <settings pass="specialize">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Deployment" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <RunSynchronous>
                <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
                    <Order>1</Order>
                    <Path>net user administrator /active:yes</Path>
                </RunSynchronousCommand>
            </RunSynchronous>
        </component>
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <TaskbarLinks>
                <Link0>%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Mozilla Firefox.lnk</Link0>
                <Link1>%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Google Chrome\Google Chrome.lnk</Link1>
            </TaskbarLinks>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <settings pass="oobeSystem">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <AutoLogon>
                <Password>
                    <Value>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxoooooooooooo</Value>
                    <PlainText>false</PlainText>
                </Password>
                <Enabled>true</Enabled>
                <LogonCount>5</LogonCount>
                <Username>administrator</Username>
            </AutoLogon>
            <OOBE>
                <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>
                <HideLocalAccountScreen>false</HideLocalAccountScreen>
                <HideOEMRegistrationScreen>true</HideOEMRegistrationScreen>
                <HideOnlineAccountScreens>true</HideOnlineAccountScreens>
                <HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>true</HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>
                <ProtectYourPC>3</ProtectYourPC>
            </OOBE>
            <UserAccounts>
                <AdministratorPassword>
                    <Value>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxoooooooooooo</Value>
                    <PlainText>false</PlainText>
                </AdministratorPassword>
                <LocalAccounts>
                    <LocalAccount wcm:action="add">
                        <Password>
                            <Value>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxoooooooooooo</Value>
                            <PlainText>false</PlainText>
                        </Password>
                        <Description>IT backup</Description>
                        <DisplayName>PeterPan</DisplayName>
                        <Name>PeterPan</Name>
                    </LocalAccount>
                </LocalAccounts>
            </UserAccounts>
            <WindowsFeatures>
                <ShowMediaCenter>false</ShowMediaCenter>
            </WindowsFeatures>
            <RegisteredOrganization>TMCC</RegisteredOrganization>
            <RegisteredOwner>Staff</RegisteredOwner>
            <DesktopOptimization>
                <GoToDesktopOnSignIn>true</GoToDesktopOnSignIn>
            </DesktopOptimization>
        </component>
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <InputLocale>en-us</InputLocale>
            <SystemLocale>en-us</SystemLocale>
            <UILanguage>en-us</UILanguage>
            <UserLocale>en-us</UserLocale>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:c:/win10x64source/sources/install.wim#Windows 10 Enterprise Technical Preview" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />
</unattend>

Comments:
  • you may also want to read

    http://www.itninja.com/blog/view/windows-10-deployment-re-adds-bloatware-tips-and-tricks-to-help-get-rid-of - SMal.tmcc 8 years ago
    • Thank you for that. I had a similar thread and they just put in a couple things. This link brings it all together for us. Windows 7 was much easier to image than this.

      I am now creating the gold image. Thank goodness for VMWare and Snapshots. - m698322h 8 years ago
Posted by: nheyne 8 years ago
Red Belt
0
You need to look into creating a sysprep answer file, this will allow you to configure those settings so they don't prompt the end user after every image.

KACE has a Sysprep Creator I believe, you could also build one here: http://windowsafg.no-ip.org/

Or you could do it the official but complicated way by using the Windows 10 ADK: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=526740

Instead of doing audit mode when you build your images, run sysprep at command line with some switches:

C:\Windows\system32\sysprep\sysprep.exe /generalize /oobe /unattend:unattend.xml
Posted by: m698322h 8 years ago
Orange Senior Belt
0
Thanks for the input.  Do I even have to use Audit Mode?  Could I just log in as a local admin to the image?
Comments:
  • You do not need Audit Mode.Just log in as admin, makes the changes you need and then use the Sysprep Creator Wizard that will guide you through the process.
    Kind regards,
    Marco - StockTrader

    p.s.: the button Answer is to give an answer to your question, to comment on a given answer please use the Comment link :-) - StockTrader 8 years ago
Posted by: robcalewar 8 years ago
Senior White Belt
0
ctrl+shift+F3 usually will do the trick and allow you to login without filling all that stuff and put you through to audit mode.
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