How to: Silence OOBE with Image Assist Dynamic

Prior to running Image Assist, edit the imageassist.config file using notepad & change the “false” statement to “true" for the following line.

<add key="SkipWindowsOOBESetup" value="True" /><!--If set to true will skip OOBE setup.-->

Upon running the Unattend.xml creator, the following lines will be added to the OOBE section of the unattend.xml.

      <OOBE>

        <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>

        <NetworkLocation>Work</NetworkLocation>

        <ProtectYourPC>1</ProtectYourPC>

        <HideLocalAccountScreen>true</HideLocalAccountScreen>

        <HideOnlineAccountScreens>true</HideOnlineAccountScreens>

        <HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>true</HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>

      </OOBE>

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