unattended windows setup

Answer the setup questions once, on your own terms.

Zaami Unattend+ writes a real autounattend.xml plus a PowerShell companion that logs every step. Everything runs in this browser — no upload, no account.

01Configure
Walk the sections below. Nothing is preselected, and every switch says what it changes.
02Download
Grab autounattend.xml plus the companion PowerShell script when the checklist is clear.
03Run
Drop the XML in the root of your install media and boot. Setup picks it up on its own.

passes: 2
selections: 0
still needed: 8

first bootno time zone

01License agreementUser still has to accept
02Let's connect you to a networkWi-Fi picker shown
03Sign in with MicrosoftOnline account screen shown
04Name your PCTyped at the keyboard

4 screens still shown at first boot

windowsPEoobeSystem

Quick start

One click fills a whole configuration. Refine anything afterwards.

Unofficial community tool

Not affiliated with Microsoft. Review the generated file before running it on hardware you care about, and keep it private — it can contain passwords.

Config health

0/100

not usable yet8 blockers0 risks1 notes

Fix these first

Everything else (6)

3 required

Fill these before downloading:

Windows display language
At least one keyboard layout
Time zone

Windows display language

Regional format

Controls date, time, number and currency formatting.

Home location

Windows GeoID, used for store and news defaults.

Time zone

Keyboard layouts

The first layout is the default. Add every layout you want available.

Also apply these settings to the first user accountRepeats the locale settings in the oobeSystem pass so the created user inherits them.

3 required

Fill these before downloading:

Processor architecture
Windows edition
Product key choice

Processor architecture

Must match the media you are building.

Edition

Product key

Used only to select the edition during Setup.

Run Setup without showing its own pagesAdds UILanguage and the WindowsDeploymentServices-free silent path in windowsPE.Ignore Setup compatibility warningsSetup continues past scan warnings instead of stopping for confirmation.

none

1 required

Fill these before downloading:

Disk configuration mode

none

Automatic sign-in

Built-in Administrator account

Encode passwords instead of writing them as plain textBase64, the same scheme Windows itself uses. It hides passwords from a glance, not from anyone who wants them.

Treat the generated file as a secret

Anyone with autounattend.xml can read every password in it. Keep the file off shared drives.

1 required

Fill these before downloading:

Computer name choice

Screens to skip

Skip the licence agreement pageSkip the Microsoft account sign-inSkip the Wi-Fi pickerSkip the machine setup pagesSkip the user setup pagesSkip the OneDrive pitchSkip Windows Hello enrolment

Computer name

Network location

Sets the firewall profile for the first network.

Answer 'no' to these privacy questions

Location servicesFind my deviceInking & typing improvementOptional diagnostic dataTailored experiencesAdvertising IDOnline speech recognition

later

automatic

none

off

none

default

none

Download

incomplete2 files

Still needed before you can download

· Windows display language (Region & language)
· At least one keyboard layout (Region & language)
· Time zone (Region & language)
· Processor architecture (Setup)
· Windows edition (Setup)
· Product key choice (Setup)
· Disk configuration mode (Disk)
· Computer name choice (OOBE)

Worth knowing

· No local account is defined — Setup will ask for one during OOBE.

Downloads are locked

Fill the essential setup values above and the files unlock here — no half-configured answer file leaves this page.

8 to resolve

What will actually happen

1 steps

A dry run of your configuration, in the order Windows performs it. Nothing here is guesswork — each line is a setting this file really emits.

windowsPEBefore Windows is copied — the blue Setup screens
Nothing configured for this stage.
specializeFirst boot into the installed image, before anyone signs in
Nothing configured for this stage.
oobeSystemThe out-of-box experience — region, accounts, privacy
- 7 privacy prompts answered for you (declined)
  OOBE privacy settings
first logonOnce, at the first desktop, via ZaamiFirstLogon.ps1
Nothing configured for this stage.