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  • 1.  XPS 13 9365 - Scripted install of Win10 1709

    Posted Feb 01, 2018 02:17 PM

    Has anyone ever pulled off a successful install of Windows 10 1709 on a Dell XPS 13 9365? I can get all the way through "Installing Windows", then I'm told there's a problem with my unattend.xml file--although my deployments work just fine otherwise. Here's the unattend.xml file I'm using...

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
        <settings pass="windowsPE">
            <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE" 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>0409:00000409</InputLocale>
                <SystemLocale>en-US</SystemLocale>
                <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
                <UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale>
            </component>
            <component name="Microsoft-Windows-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">
                <ImageInstall>
                    <OSImage>
                        <InstallTo>
                            <DiskID>0</DiskID>
                            <PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
                        </InstallTo>
                        <InstallFrom>
                            <MetaData wcm:action="add">
                                <Key>/image/index</Key>
                                <Value>3</Value>
                            </MetaData>
                        </InstallFrom>
                    </OSImage>
                </ImageInstall>
                <UserData>
                    <AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula>
                </UserData>
            </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">
                <OOBE>
                    <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>
                    <NetworkLocation>Work</NetworkLocation>
                    <ProtectYourPC>1</ProtectYourPC>
                    <SkipMachineOOBE>true</SkipMachineOOBE>
                    <SkipUserOOBE>true</SkipUserOOBE>
                    <HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>true</HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>
                    <HideLocalAccountScreen>true</HideLocalAccountScreen>
                    <HideOEMRegistrationScreen>true</HideOEMRegistrationScreen>
                    <HideOnlineAccountScreens>true</HideOnlineAccountScreens>
                </OOBE>
                <UserAccounts>
                    <LocalAccounts>
                        <LocalAccount wcm:action="add">
                            <Password>
                                <Value>cABhAHMAcwB3AG8AcgBkAFAAYQBzAHMAdwBvAHIAZAA=</Value>
                                <PlainText>false</PlainText>
                            </Password>
                            <Name>Altiris</Name>
                            <Group>Administrators</Group>
                        </LocalAccount>
                    </LocalAccounts>
                </UserAccounts>
                <TimeZone>Eastern Standard Time</TimeZone>
                <Display>
                    <ColorDepth>32</ColorDepth>
                    <HorizontalResolution>1</HorizontalResolution>
                    <RefreshRate>60</RefreshRate>
                    <VerticalResolution>1</VerticalResolution>
                </Display>
            </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>0409:00000409</InputLocale>
                <SystemLocale>en-US</SystemLocale>
                <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
                <UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale>
            </component>
        </settings>
        <settings pass="specialize">
            <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">
                <Display>
                    <ColorDepth>32</ColorDepth>
                    <HorizontalResolution>1</HorizontalResolution>
                    <VerticalResolution>1</VerticalResolution>
                    <RefreshRate>60</RefreshRate>
                </Display>
                <ComputerName>%COMPNAME%</ComputerName>
                <ProductKey>NW6C2-QMPVW-D7KKK-3GKT6-VCFB2</ProductKey>
            </component>
        </settings>
        <cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:c:/users/psy-svc-ghost/iso/sw_dvd5_win_pro_ent_edu_n_10_1709_64bit_english_mlf_x21-50143/sources/install.wim#Windows 10 Education" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />
    </unattend>

     



  • 2.  RE: XPS 13 9365 - Scripted install of Win10 1709

    Posted Feb 01, 2018 02:29 PM
    The unattend related errors usually show you the section where the error may have occurred, do you have that? Just a guess, but try removing the display sections and see if that helps.


  • 3.  RE: XPS 13 9365 - Scripted install of Win10 1709

    Posted Feb 01, 2018 08:28 PM

    I got it figured out: I had to specify partition 3 of a GPT hard drive.