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Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit

Prerequisite

  • Download ADK (Assessment and Deployment Kit) from Microsoft
  • You have a .wim Image extracted. See here how to do that

Installation

  • Open the donwloaded ISO
  • Run adksetup
  • Select all features available

Starting up

  • Open Windows System Image Manager
  • Navigate to File > New Answer File
  • Click Yes to open a Windows Image now
  • Select the Image for the Version of Windows you want to create an answer file

Passes

Pass 1

  • UserData
    • navigate to Left Bottom Panel `Windows Image
      • Expand Components
      • Expand amd64_Microsoft-Windows-Setup_*
      • Right Click UserData and Add Setting to Pass 1
    • Navigate to Middle Top Panel Answer File
      • Click UserData
    • Navigate to Right Top Panel UserData Properties
      • Set AcceptEula to true
  • SetupUILanguage
    • Navigate to Left Bottom Panel `Windows Image
      • Expand Components
      • Expand amd64_Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE_neutral
      • Right Click SetupUILanguage and Add Setting to Pass 1
    • Navigate to Middle Top Panel Answer File
      • Click SetupUILanguage
    • Navigate to Right Top Panel SetupUILanguage Properties
      • Set UILanguage to en-US

Pass 7

  • OOBE and UserAccounts
    • Navigate to Left Bottom Panel `Windows Image
      • Expand Components
      • Right Click amd64_Microsoft-Windows-International-Core_neutral and Add Setting to Pass 7
      • Expand amd64_Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup_*
      • Right Click OOBE and Add Setting to Pass 7
      • Right Click UserAccounts and Add Setting to Pass 7
    • Navigate to Middle Top Panel Answer File
      • Expand OOBE
      • Delete VMModeOptimizations
      • Click OOBE
    • Navigate to Right Top Panel OOOBE Properties
      • Set HideEULAPage to true
      • Set HideOEMRegistrationScreen to true
      • Set HideOnlineAccountScreens to true
      • Set HideWirelessSetupInOOBE to true
      • Set NetworkLocation to Work
      • Set SkipMachineOOBE to true
      • Set SkipUserOOBE to true
    • Navigate to Middle Top Panel Answer File
      • Expand UserAccounts
      • Delete DomainAccounts
      • Click AdministratorPassword
    • Navigate to Right Top Panel AdministratorPassword Properties
      • Set Value to password
    • Navigate to Middle Top Panel Answer File
      • Right Click LocalAccounts and select Insert New Local Account
      • Click the new LocalAccount
    • Navigate to Right Top Panel LocalAccount Properties
      • Set DisplayName to User
      • Set Group to Administrators
      • Set Name to User
    • Navigate to Middle Top Panel Answer File
      • Click password under the new LocalAccount we created
    • Navigate to Right Top Panel Password Properties
      • Set value to `password
    • Navigate to Left Bottom Panel `Windows Image
      • Expand Components
    • Navigate to Middle Top Panel Answer File
      • Click amd64_Microsoft-Windows-International-Core_neutral
    • Navigate to Right Top Panel Microsoft-Windows International-Core Properties
      • Set InputLocale to en-US
      • Set SystemLocale to en-US
      • Set UILanguage to en-US
      • Set UILanguageFallback to en-US
      • Set UserLocale to en-US

Save Answer File

  • Navigate to File > Save Answer File As
  • Save it

Sysprep

  • Copy the Answer File to the cleanup Windows 10 VM on C:\Windows\System32\Sysprep

  • Rename it to unattend.xml

  • Run sysprep.exe

  • System Cleanup Action: Enter System Out-of-Box Experience (OOBE)

  • Select Generalize

  • Shutdown Options: Shutdown

Capture Image

  • Change boot order of Win 10 VM to boot from Network (PXE).

  • Boot from PXE and select Windows 10 Boot

  • When you see the language selection, press Shift + F10

  • Connect to a network share and capture image with the following commands

    Terminal window
    net user Z: \\NASIP\SHARE /user:USERNAME PASSWORD
    Z:\
    cd DIRECTORY
    dism /Capture-Image /ImageFile:Win10-Pro-20H1-Clean.wim /CaptureDir:C:\ /Name:"Windows 10 Pro 20H1 Clean"

  • Now you can navigate to WDS and add the image.