Here I have a unattend file I made using 7Customizer (I use it for sysprep). It's purpose is to hide all of OOBE and log into an account I made for myself.

The PC's do not have any product keys entered, and I do not want to add any (yet). All of OOBE gets skipped except for a product key entry, which I skip. Is there any way to skip this? I noticed 7Customizer added a key, and I tried adding "Dummy" key of ALL 1's, but no go.

This is it, my sysprep.xml. It succeeds in skipping all but the product key entry.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
	<settings pass="windowsPE">
		<component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="NonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
			<SystemLocale>en-us</SystemLocale>
			<UserLocale>en-us</UserLocale>
			<UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
			<UILanguageFallback>en-us</UILanguageFallback>
			<InputLocale>0409:00000409</InputLocale>
		</component>
		<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="NonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
			<UserData>
				<ProductKey>
					<Key>11111-11111-11111-11111-11111</Key>
					<WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
				</ProductKey>
				<Organization>MyORG</Organization>
				<FullName></FullName>
				<AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula>
			</UserData>
		</component>
	</settings>
	<settings pass="oobeSystem">
		<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="NonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
			<UserAccounts>
				<LocalAccounts>
					<LocalAccount wcm:action="add">
						<Name></Name>
						<Group>Administrators</Group>
						<Password>
							<PlainText>true</PlainText>
							<Value></Value>
						</Password>
					</LocalAccount>
				</LocalAccounts>
			</UserAccounts>
			<OOBE>
				<HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>
				<NetworkLocation>Home</NetworkLocation>

<ProtectYourPC>3</ProtectYourPC>
				<HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>true</HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>
			</OOBE>
		</component>
		<component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="NonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
			<UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
			<UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale>
			<InputLocale>0409:00000409</InputLocale>
		</component>
	</settings>
	<settings pass="specialize">
		<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="NonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
			<AutoLogon>
				<Enabled>true</Enabled>
				<Username></Username>
				<Password>
					<PlainText>true</PlainText>
						<Value></Value>
					</Password>
				<LogonCount>9999999</LogonCount>
			</AutoLogon>
			<TimeZone>Eastern Standard Time</TimeZone>
			<ComputerName>PCNAME</ComputerName>
		</component>
	</settings>
</unattend>

Edited August 6, 201014 yr by CODYQX4

Use the default key that windows adds when you hit skip http://www.cluberti.com/blog/2009/08/11/default-keys-for-vista-and-windows-7-deployment/

You can inject each of your images with a key and you wont have to insert/add a key to your .xml

dism /image:\mount\ /Set-ProductKey:D4F6K-QK3RD-TMVMJ-BBMRX-3MBMV

It is an autounattend.xml basically. I'm not using a working key, I am using the key 7 Customizer adds (which is the key windows uses for 30 day trial).

I think first that

<WillShowUI>onerror</WillShowUI> to <WillShowUI>never</WillShowUI> might do it but,

I think this key is for when Win 7 DVD asks for key, and that I need to add it under

Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup

for OOBE.

I am not sure of the format for that though.

Updated post above

The thing is that I am not using Windows images to deploy, but Acronis. I sysprep because I was having issues with "Acronis Universal Restore", and sysprepping solved my problem. This is just an annoyance I'm trying to solve.

Changing OnError to Never will not work, use a default key

I am using the default key, the one 7 customizer uses matched that link.

I changed it to never and added the key to

Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup but no luck

I reimaged with the key added, then removed the product key from the sysprep.xml, that got it working.