Imaged machines via WDS reverting to US regional settings and keyboard layout

[Joanne]

So I set up an image. All UK set. I upload to server, deploy to clients. On setup select UK settings, but then it all goes to US. What is going on?

 

Will it be easiest to set a group policy to set everything to UK?

 

It's really annoying. Just another thing to change when setting up!!

[sted]

iirc you need to add a sysprep file to wds or it just picks defaults which are americanized

[Joanne]

I tried to do that once... then I think I got distracted. I have a short attention span!!! Is it using deployment tools or something and making an unattend.xml file or whatever?

[sted]

mdt is better but yes or just nick one

 

   
       
           true
           true
       
   
   
       
           true
           true
           http://www.google.co.uk
       
       
           0809:00000809
           en-GB
           en-GB
           en-GB
           en-GB
       
       
           false
           grangehill
           grangehill
           GMT Standard Time
       
   
   

 

should do to start with

[Joanne]

and I just need to import it into my image? Oh my god just realised how I do this. SWITCH CLICKED!! Yay! gonna try that now.

 

If it fails miserably... will it corrupt my image?

[sted]

and I just need to import it into my image? Oh my god just realised how I do this. SWITCH CLICKED!! Yay! gonna try that now.

 

If it fails miserably... will it corrupt my image?

 

no worst it will do is set some options in windows you dont want set or nothing at all

[Joanne]

Yeah, it's done something weird... set a toshiba background... not added it to the domain... not checked the regional settings yet though

 

Boooo still americorn

Edited July 8, 2014 by Joanne

[sted]

use mdt its much better you can still use an image with all your software you created for wds as a base

[morganw]

mdt is better

 

That has it's own problems.

Incorrect locale setting when you deploy a Windows 7 image by using SCCM 2007, MDT 2010, or MDT 2012

[Joanne]

I think I used MDT to create the xml file I used in my image... hmmmm.

[sted]

where are you appliying the sysprep file (and the one above only works on x64 if that helps) iirc its in wds under properties of your image but its been a while since i used wds as anything other than an mdt boot system or to boot into my windows 7 diag tool

[Joanne]

this is my unattended install file:

 

   
       
           
               Audit
           
       
   
   
       
           
               en-UK
           
           en-UK
           en-UK
           en-UK
           en-UK
       
       
           
               
                   
                       
                           1
                           300
                           Primary
                       
                   
                   
                       
                           1
                           
                           true
                           NTFS
                           Windows
                           1
                       
                   
                   0
                   true
               
               OnError
           
           
               
                   
                       0
                       1
                   
                   true
                   OnError
               
           
           
               
                   OnError
               
               true
           
       
   
   
       
           
               true
               3
           
       
   
   

 

I get it to the image file by opening WDS, Install Images, right clicking my preffered image, properties, Checking the "allow image to install in unattended mode" and select my xml file which is above. It did not install unattended... it just came up with more options when loading (like renaming machine and connecting to wifi, whereas before it didn't do this)

 

Just fair noticed something OBVIOUS in my xml code.... my machines are x64 and this one says x86!!!!!!!! ARGH! LOLZ. Silly meeee.

[sted]

en-uk wont work its en-gb

[Joanne]

double fail. I'm $#!+ at code.

[sted]

double fail. I'm $#!+ at code.

 

we have all been there im tyying to work out why a powershell script that inventorys pcs fine in other schools here just creates a blank file same code different result

[Joanne]

I'ma try again!