Windows 11 24H2 bypasses the unattend settings for Windows PE

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Hi Community,

NTLite (Version: 2025.1.10263, 64-bit)

We use NTLite to generate unattended settings for configuring language, keyboard layout, time zone, skipping EULAs, and automatically create the partitions and reformat the SSD.

The attached autounattend.xml works as expected for the "Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" configuration but is completely ignored for the "Windows PE" settings.

Initially, I tried using our golden autounattend.xml file, which we had successfully created with NTLite for Windows 11 23H2. However, it behaved as described above when applied to Windows 11 24H2. To address this, we created the attached autounattend.xml file specifically for the Windows 11 24H2 image, but the issue persists.

Any insights or suggestions?
 

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This isn't a screenshot of WinPE, it's from the OOBE screen.

SkipMachineOOBE & SkipUserOOBE settings are deprecated in W10/11, but still work. They should not be used in Unattended, because having undefined "Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" settings can break OOBE's behavior when used together with Skip*OOBE.

There are major changes to 24H2's WinPE Setup. Try this workaround if your autounattend.xml stopped working:
https://www.ntlite.com/community/index.php?threads/windows-11.2235/post-45606
 
The tweak below for old setup is added in last NTLite version

Code: 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup]
"CmdLine"="X:\\sources\\setup.exe"
 
tistou77 said:
The tweak below for old setup is added in last NTLite version

Code: 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup]
"CmdLine"="X:\\sources\\setup.exe"
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Thank you so much, tistou77, it worked like a charm!

Can the unattended tool be used in standalone mode? Meaning without loading the intall.wim image?
 
Thanks tistou77, I am familiar with the schneegans tool, but I wanted to stay loyal to NTLite ;-)
 
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