Windows 10 SysPrep: How to enter hostname and skip entering product key

During the post-SysPreped boot, I need to configure an unattend.xml file to:

Not ask for the Windows product key, leaving the product key blank. The only way I've found to do this is by configuring the OOBE pass value SkipMachineOOBE as true:
- oobeSystem - microsoft-windows-shell-setup_neutral - OOBE - SkipMachineOOBE
- WSIM online help clearly states this is an obsolete option that shouldn't be used with Windows 10, as it will conflict with other options.
Ask for the hostname in the format PC1234
- PC is a constant and it would be great to hardcode it, only needing to enter the numbers 1234, 2345, etc., however I'm not sure how to do this within an unattend.xml file.

Is there an unattended option for this I'm missing?

Solution 1:

I had the same issue recently and the following is my working solution:

<?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="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>0c09:00000409</InputLocale>
      <SystemLocale>en-US</SystemLocale>
      <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
      <UILanguageFallback>en-US</UILanguageFallback>
      <UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale>
    </component>
    <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">
      <UserData>
        <AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula>
        <FullName></FullName>
        <Organization></Organization>
        <ProductKey>
        <Key></Key>
        <WillShowUI>Never</WillShowUI>
        </ProductKey>
      </UserData>
      <DynamicUpdate>
        <Enable>false</Enable>
        <WillShowUI>Never</WillShowUI>
      </DynamicUpdate>
      <EnableFirewall>false</EnableFirewall>
      <LogPath>C:\Log</LogPath>
    </component>
  </settings>
  <settings pass="offlineServicing">
    <component name="Microsoft-Windows-LUA-Settings" 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">
      <EnableLUA>false</EnableLUA>
    </component>
  </settings>
  <settings pass="generalize">
    <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-SPP" 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">
      <SkipRearm>1</SkipRearm>
    </component>
  </settings>
  <settings pass="specialize">
    <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>0409:00000409</InputLocale>
      <SystemLocale>en-US</SystemLocale>
      <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
      <UILanguageFallback>en-US</UILanguageFallback>
      <UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale>
    </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>PC_NAME</ComputerName>
    </component>
  </settings>
  <settings pass="oobeSystem">
    <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">
      <UserAccounts>
        <AdministratorPassword>
          <Value>PasswordHERE</Value>
          <PlainText>true</PlainText>
        </AdministratorPassword>
      </UserAccounts>
      <AutoLogon>
        <Password>
          <Value>PasswordHERE</Value>
          <PlainText>true</PlainText>
        </Password>
        <Username>Administrator</Username>
        <LogonCount>99</LogonCount>
        <Enabled>true</Enabled>
      </AutoLogon>
      <OOBE>
        <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>
        <HideLocalAccountScreen>true</HideLocalAccountScreen>
        <HideOEMRegistrationScreen>true</HideOEMRegistrationScreen>
        <HideOnlineAccountScreens>true</HideOnlineAccountScreens>
        <HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>true</HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>
        <NetworkLocation>Work</NetworkLocation>
        <ProtectYourPC>3</ProtectYourPC>
        <SkipMachineOOBE>true</SkipMachineOOBE>
        <SkipUserOOBE>true</SkipUserOOBE>
      </OOBE>
      <TimeZone>Central European Standard Time</TimeZone>
    </component>
  </settings>
  <cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />
</unattend>

I handle it differently with the creation of VM, replacing the hostname [PC_NAME] in the Powershell script with the expected value, given as a parameter.

Windows 10 SysPrep: How to enter hostname and skip entering product key

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