kennysarmy Posted January 23, 2017 Posted January 23, 2017 My techies were doing some re-imaging last week and when they did some on Friday it appeared that the unattend file was not being processed as the PC's post image normally logon. It's a very basic unattend.xml : true Work 2 --administratorpassword-- <em>false</em></plaintext></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> </em><localaccounts></localaccounts></p><p><em> </em><localaccount wcm:action="add"></localaccount></p><p><em> </em><password></password></p><p><em> </em><value><em>--autologonpassword--</em></value></p><p><em> </em><plaintext><em>false</em></plaintext></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> </em><description><em>initial user</em></description></p><p><em> </em><displayname><em>schoolname user</em></displayname></p><p><em> </em><group><em>Administrators;Users;</em></group></p><p><em> </em><name><em>schoolname</em></name></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> </em><registeredowner><em>schoolname</em></registeredowner></p><p><em> </em><registeredorganization><em>schoolname</em></registeredorganization></p><p><em> </em><showwindowslive><em>false</em></showwindowslive></p><p><em> </em><timezone><em>GMT Standard Time</em></timezone></p><p><em> </em><firstlogoncommands></firstlogoncommands></p><p><em> </em><synchronouscommand wcm:action="add"></synchronouscommand></p><p><em> </em><order><em>1</em></order></p><p><em> </em><commandline><em>cmd /c del c:\windows\panther\unattend.xml</em></commandline></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> </em><autologon></autologon></p><p><em> </em><password></password></p><p><em> </em><value><em>--autologonpassword--</em></value></p><p><em> </em><plaintext><em>false</em></plaintext></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> </em><username><em>schoolname</em></username></p><p><em> </em><logoncount><em>5</em></logoncount></p><p><em> </em><enabled><em>true</em></enabled></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> </em><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"></component></p><p><em> </em><inputlocale><em>en-gb</em></inputlocale></p><p><em> </em><systemlocale><em>en-gb</em></systemlocale></p><p><em> </em><uilanguage><em>en-gb</em></uilanguage></p><p><em> </em><uilanguagefallback><em>en-gb</em></uilanguagefallback></p><p><em> </em><userlocale><em>en-gb</em></userlocale></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> </em><settings pass="specialize"></settings></p><p><em> </em><component name="Microsoft-Windows-UnattendedJoin" 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"></component></p><p><em> </em><identification></identification></p><p><em> </em><joinworkgroup><em>CURRICULUM</em></joinworkgroup></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> </em><cpi:offlineimage 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