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        Specifying your name and organization during an unattended install of Vista

Section(s): Deployment
Published on Jul 22, 2008.
Last Modified on Jul 03, 2008.
Last Modified by Mitch Tulloch.
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You can configure your answer file to specify your name and organization during an unattended install of Vista.

Examine the following answer file component using Windows SIM:

Microsoft-Windows-Setup\UserData

You’ll see three settings there. The first setting (AcceptEula) must be configured as True if you want to automate the windowsPE configuration pass of Windows Setup. The other two settings however (FullName and Organization) are optional, and you can use these settings to specify your name and organization. This information will be displayed on the View Computer Details page of the Welcome Center when you first log on.

For more information on deploying Vista, see my series of articles titled Deploying Vista right here on WindowsNetworking.com.

About Mitch Tulloch

Mitch Tulloch was lead author for the Windows Vista Resource Kit from Microsoft Press, which is the book for IT pros who want to deploy, maintain and support Windows Vista in mid- and large-sized network environments. Mitch was also the author of Introducing Windows Server 2008 and technical project lead for the Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Resource Kit, both books also from Microsoft Press. For more information on these and other books by Mitch, see www.mtit.com .