By using an XML file, we can automate the installation of Windows 10 in Easy2Boot.
The XML file can have a preset or random UserName and ComputerName, or it can be configured to only have an Administrator account or to prompt for the User Name near the end of the installation process.
For instance, an XML file for SDI_CHOCO could be picked by the user and a fully unattended and automated Windows 10 install would then proceed.
However, it would be useful if we could use the same automated XML file each time we installed it to a different system, but could prompt for a different ComputerName and UserName before we started the installation. This allows us to get a cup of coffee whilst ten different systems are installing without having to come back and enter the UserName half-way through.
See also this later blog post for automatically setting the Serial Number in the ComputerName based on the same method as used in this article.
We can set different values by using grub4dos to modify the XML file before we boot to the ISO...
The XML file can have a preset or random UserName and ComputerName, or it can be configured to only have an Administrator account or to prompt for the User Name near the end of the installation process.
For instance, an XML file for SDI_CHOCO could be picked by the user and a fully unattended and automated Windows 10 install would then proceed.
However, it would be useful if we could use the same automated XML file each time we installed it to a different system, but could prompt for a different ComputerName and UserName before we started the installation. This allows us to get a cup of coffee whilst ten different systems are installing without having to come back and enter the UserName half-way through.
See also this later blog post for automatically setting the Serial Number in the ComputerName based on the same method as used in this article.
We can set different values by using grub4dos to modify the XML file before we boot to the ISO...