I have started a thread some time ago about using unattend.xml and sysprep to make a windows install ISO that automates the procedures:
I have now made a ISO with Windows 8.1 Enterprise With Update as a demo ..... this is particularly useful if you wish to re-install from time to time, or if you need to install the same windows on a number of machines, especially after you install windows 8.1 Update and Office SP1, there is still a lot of Windows Update to install ..... and some users found that the Windows Update sometimes fails to install.
First I installed Windows 8.1 Enterprise With Update en-US X86, then install from Windows Update, the installed Office 2013 SP1, and installed the Windows Update For Office, and cleanup the image,
note that I didn't install all Office items, but it can be added(or removed) the items with the Office ISO.
I also installed Winrar501 and Google Chrome as these 2 are usually favored softwares, then prepare the image with sysprep, also added unattend.xml to automate installation.
When I got the install.wim using DISM capture, replace the install.wim in the Windows X86 install ISO, then installed Windows Enterprise on a VM ....
- After accepting EULA and chose the drive install, it went all the way until it finished installation, with Offfice, WinRAR and Chrome, and with the 2 local users: UserAdmin and UserLocal. (password to both Admin & Users: 1234)
I have placed KMS_VL_ALL in the root directory, and activation is done .... (naturally, you could always use you desired channel or tool to activate)
http://pan.baidu.com/s/1mg8xrks password：2w7r
Click open the folders and choose which file(s) to download.
ISO: in 2 WinRAR parts, unpack with winrar5
Install.wim: in 2 swm parts.
**After installation, change user password(s) if required, pre-set password for Admin and users: 1234
en-US editions in MEGA:
Win8.1 Enterprise Update X86 en-US with applications:
part1.rar: https://mega.co.nz/#!IUklWAKZ!7FITtv5YijJxZAcehgsVldZGg8DFykRbByHqFt7FFMI
part2.rar: https://mega.co.nz/#!xEtBHLQL!7YF8gll43Q3pBzWv0oQH6dxHVLA95vIydMG8k5D65iw
If you wish to edit unattend.xml (e.g. to change user-name's, etc); first apply install.wim to a folder(e.g. c:\mount)
(Note that DISM does not modify swm's, so if you have downloaded the 2 swm's from Baidu, you need to integrate them back to a single install.wim)
then goto C:\mount and open windows\system32\sysprep\unattend.xml with notepack, and make your changes and then save :
When done, save the image:
dism /unmount-image /mountdir:c:\mount /commit
In case DISM fails to fully unmount, I noticed some guys were at a lost, because DISM will not make another mount, and a few even said they have to re-install windows .... actually it is very simple :
