• the Windows System Image Manager (WSIM) allows you to create and modify answer files that are used for unattended installations. Common tasks you can perform with WSIM include:
• Create or update an answer file
• Add device drivers or applications to an answer file
• Create a configuration set
• Apply offline updates to a Windows image
• WSIM allows you to create an answer file to control the installation of Windows. Below are the required settings for unattended installation.

Configuration Pass	Setting	Description
windowsPE	Microsoft-Windows-International-Core- WinPE | UILanguage	The default language used for the installed operating system.
windowsPE	Microsoft-Windows-International-Core- WinPE | SetupUILanaguage | UILanguage	The default language used during Windows Setup
windowsPE	Microsoft-Windows-Setup | UserData | AcceptEula	Accepts the license agreement.
windowsPE	Microsoft-Windows-Setup | UserData | Product Key | Key	The Windows 7 Product Key. Does not prevent asking for the key during the specialize configuration pass.
windowsPE	Microsoft-Windows-Setup | ImageInstall | OSImage | InstallToAvailablePartition	Installs Windows to the first available partition. Alternatively, you can specify the disk and partition to install to by using other settings.
specialize	Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup | ProductKey	The product key used for activation.
specialize	Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup | ComputerName	The computer name for the Windows installation. To generate a random computer name set this value to *.
oobeSystem	Microsoft-Windows-International-Core | InputLocale	The default input locale for the Windows installation.
oobeSystem	Microsoft-Windows-International-Core | SystemLocale	The default system locale for the Windows installation.
oobeSystem	Microsoft-Windows-International-Core | UILanguage	The default UI language for the Windows installation.
oobeSystem	Microsoft-Windows-International-Core | UserLocale	The default user locale for the Windows installation.
oobeSystem	Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup | OOBE | HideEULAPage Avoids displaying the license agreement. oobeSystem Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup | UserAccounts	The user accounts that are created during installation.
oobeSystem	Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup | UserAccounts | AdministratorPassword	Specifies the password for the local Administrator account.
oobeSystem	Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup | ProtectYourPC	The protection level of the Windows installation (recommended, only important updates, disabled).
oobeSystem	Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup | TimeZone	The time zone of the Windows installation.
oobeSystem	Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup | NetworkLocation	The network location of the computer (home, work, other).

• You must create a distribution share to hold a copy of device drivers you are installing. Distribution share contains the following two folders for updating drivers:
• $OEM$
• Out-of-Box Drivers
• A configuration set as a subset of files in a distribution share that are required for a particular answer file. It is best to use a configuration set when workstations cannot access the distribution share.
• Offline updates as software packages containing drivers, service packs, or security updates that are applied to an image during the offlineServicing configuration pass of the installation.

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