Image Assist First Logon commands

Certain software can't be installed inside an image because they will either quit working correctly or break the imaging process. Applications like antivirus, antimalware, endpoint management, or any software that installs binding GUID's or drivers that tie themselves to HWID's - those should not be installed in the image.

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Image Assist provides First Logon Commands to help automate scripted software installs during the first boot.

You can stage and install those applications using the First Logon Commands of the Unattended XML. These applications are setup as post installations.

Steps outlining the process 

1. Create a folder e.g. "C:\temp" and place the program install files inside the folder.
2. Write a script that will initiate the installation of the application and add the path to that script in the First Login Commands located at the bottom of the Unattended XML form.
3. The install takes place after the image is deployed, booted, and logged into for the first time.
   • This can be set to occur automatically if the local admin account is enabled and the automatic logon count is set to 1 or greater.

This example uses the default Administrator account with auto-logon, which is not required. If auto-logon isn't set, the command runs for whichever account logs in first. Microsoft has a known issue where the LogonCount value is incremented unexpectedly (e.g., 1 becomes 2). To avoid this, follow Microsoft’s guidance on the LogonCount issue. > Microsoft LogonCount known issue

You could ask AI to help generate a script to test. The best way to test a script is to stage everything, take a snapshot, test it, revert to the snapshot, test, revert, etc. until you get it right.

When it's working, take a final 'reference' snapshot before you go through the full Image Assist capture process.

After the image capture, fully deploy the image on a local computer to verify functionality before uploading it to for production.

For more information regarding Synchronous and First Logon Commands, please refer to the following.

• Synchronous
• First Logon

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