win10-unattended

Automatic deployment of Windows 10 from standard installation media

What it does

See Unattended.cmd and UnattendedFirstBoot.cmd for details.

How to use it

Skip Office-related steps and exclude the Office365 folder from your removable media if not installing Microsoft Office 365 or OneDrive.

1. Clone this repo to your system

2. Copy Autounattend-home.xml or Autounattend-pro.xml (whichever corresponds to your Windows 10 license) to Autounattend.xml

3. Customise Autounattend.xml as needed (<LocalAccounts> at minimum)

4. Replace or remove Wi-Fi.xml, e.g. on a system with your Wi-Fi network already configured:

   rem List configured Wi-Fi profiles
   netsh wlan show profiles
   
   rem Export the relevant profile **without passphrase encryption**
   netsh wlan export profile key=clear name="MySSID"
   
   rem Rename the generated XML file to Wi-Fi.xml
   move "Wi-Fi-MySSID.xml" "Wi-Fi.xml" /Y

5. Personalise (or remove) files in the Unattended folder:

   • AddPrinters.ps1: add any printer drivers you reference to the Drivers folder

   • MapNetworkDrives.cmd

   • RemoveProvisionedPackages.ps1: use this document as a reference if needed

6. Download the latest OneDriveSetup.exe to the Office365 folder

   • The version of OneDrive packaged with Windows doesn't support machine-wide (/allusers) installation

7. Download and install the latest Office Deployment Tool from Microsoft's website to the Office365 folder

   • The file Office365/setup.exe must exist after this step

8. Edit or replace the Office 365 configuration file at Office365/Configuration.xml

   • Generating a new Configuration.xml file using Microsoft's Office 365 Client Configuration Service is recommended

9. Run download.cmd to download Office 365 install files to the SourcePath location specified in Office365/Configuration.xml

10. Add system drivers to the Drivers folder

11. Copy the following files and directories to the root of a USB flash drive and connect it to the target system when booting into Windows 10 Setup (alternatively, if installing Windows from a USB drive with sufficient capacity, you can copy everything to the root of the same drive rather than using two flash drives):

    • Autounattend.xml
    • Wi-Fi.xml (optional)
    • Unattended (all contents optional except Unattended.cmd and UnattendedFirstBoot.cmd)
    • Drivers (optional)
    • Office365 (optional)
    • Office365\OneDriveSetup.exe (optional)

12. Assuming <UILanguage> values in your Autounattend.xml match your install media language, the only manual step will be choosing an install partition

    • Leave the USB flash drive connected until the login screen appears

13. Rinse and repeat