Unattended Windows 10/11 Install with autounattend.xml

  1. Go to the Schneegans unattend generator and choose your options (language, edition, local user, bypass TPM/network checks, remove bloatware...). Download the file as autounattend.xml.
  2. Create a Windows installation USB (Media Creation Tool or Rufus).
  3. Copy autounattend.xml to the root of the USB.
  4. Boot from the USB: setup finds the file and runs on its own.

Careful: if you let the file partition the disk, it will wipe it without asking. Test it in a VM first.

Related: bypass TPM checks and local account in Windows 11 setup.

Written by Daniel Ruiz Peláez, Systems & Infrastructure Engineer (Linux, VMware, Proxmox, Active Directory, networking and security). These are notes from real problems I have solved.

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