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Figured it out, here is my full autounattend.xml: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend"> <settings pass="windowsPE"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <Display> <ColorDepth>32</ColorDepth> <HorizontalResolution>2048</HorizontalResolution> <VerticalResolution>1152</VerticalResolution> <RefreshRate>60</RefreshRate> </Display> <UserData> <AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula> </UserData> </component> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <SetupUILanguage> <UILanguage>en-us</UILanguage> </SetupUILanguage> <InputLocale>en-us</InputLocale> <SystemLocale>en-us</SystemLocale> <UILanguage>en-us</UILanguage> <UserLocale>en-us</UserLocale> </component> </settings> <settings pass="specialize"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Deployment" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <RunSynchronous> <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add"> <Description>DELETE ADMINISTRATOR FOLDER</Description> <Order>1</Order> <Path>cmd /c rd /s /q c:\users\administrator"</Path> </RunSynchronousCommand> <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add"> <Description>ENABLE ADMINISTRATOR ACCOUNT</Description> <Order>2</Order> <Path>cmd /c net user Administrator /active:yes</Path> </RunSynchronousCommand> <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add"> <Description>UNFILTER ADMINISTRATOR TOKEN</Description> <Order>3</Order> <Path>cmd /c reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v FilterAdministratorToken /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f</Path> </RunSynchronousCommand> <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add"> <Description>DISABLE USER ACCOUNT PAGE</Description> <Order>4</Order> <Path>reg add HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\OOBE /v UnattendCreatedUser /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f</Path> </RunSynchronousCommand> </RunSynchronous> </component> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-SPP-UX" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <SkipAutoActivation>true</SkipAutoActivation> </component> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <ComputerName>******</ComputerName> <ShowWindowsLive>false</ShowWindowsLive> <RegisteredOwner></RegisteredOwner> <RegisteredOrganization></RegisteredOrganization> <CopyProfile>true</CopyProfile> </component> </settings> <settings pass="oobeSystem"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <InputLocale>en-us</InputLocale> <SystemLocale>en-us</SystemLocale> <UILanguage>en-us</UILanguage> <UserLocale>en-us</UserLocale> </component> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <Display> <ColorDepth>32</ColorDepth> <HorizontalResolution>2048</HorizontalResolution> <VerticalResolution>1152</VerticalResolution> <RefreshRate>60</RefreshRate> </Display> <OOBE> <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage> <HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>true</HideWirelessSetupInOOBE> <NetworkLocation>Home</NetworkLocation> <ProtectYourPC>3</ProtectYourPC> </OOBE> <RegisteredOwner></RegisteredOwner> <RegisteredOrganization></RegisteredOrganization> <AutoLogon> <Enabled>true</Enabled> <LogonCount>9999999</LogonCount> <Username>Administrator</Username> </AutoLogon> <TimeZone>Mountain Standard Time</TimeZone> </component> </settings></unattend>

I only use the Administrator account, and being forced to create a normal user account on install is very annoying. I tried using autounattend to get around this, but it still happens. I know its possible to force Windows to skip this step and just boot straight to the Administrator account, but how does one do this? Thanks.

No need to make an ISO if one is using a bootable flash drive. The Win Toolkit documentation states that once the flash drive is made bootable, the source image can simply be copied as is, which is very nice I might add. I am giving Win Toolkit another try, does anyone have any suggestions about how to quickly download only the Windows updates your image needs?

Thank you for the reply. My installation was never compiled to an ISO, for I directly copied the working folder to a bootable USB drive. I have a theory that perhaps I may have installed updates that were not applicable to my version of Windows (7 SP1 ULTIMATE), unless of course Win Toolkit checks for that and does not inject them? By the way, I must add, Win Toolkit is a very nice program--thank you for taking the time to make it Legolash2o.

Same problem here. I integrated every update and removed pretty much every single package I could from Windows... likely one of those is the cause. It is a shame really, I want a completely lean stripped install of Windows 7 and Win Toolkit is the only tool that allows me to truely do so, but something appears to go wrong when such a drastic change to Windows is made. I cannot stand all of the fluff included with Windows 7 by default.