Windows 7 autounattend.xml first logon commands

Question

Hi
Within autounattend my first logon command are not running,  I am using the local administrator account! as when my build is finished it is logged in under the local administrator account (so that cant be my issue)
Anyway, is there any log file output I can get out of the autouattend.xml to see whats going wrong for me? can i enable logging ? is yes how do i do that ?
john

Answer 1

I'm running into the same issue.  Everything in my unattend.xml takes effect, but a simple registry edit fails.
Tracy, unless they modified their post, per your own link your response is not the answer:  When a user with administrative
privileges logs in for the first time, these commands are run with elevated access privileges.
Example code that fails:
      <FirstLogonCommands>
        <SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
          <Order>1</Order>
          <CommandLine>cmd /c reg.exe ADD HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\ /v HideFileExt /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f</CommandLine>
          <Description>ChangeHideFiles</Description>
        </SynchronousCommand>
      </FirstLogonCommands>
Alternatively,
      <FirstLogonCommands>
        <SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
          <Order>1</Order>
          <CommandLine>C:\windows\system32\reg.exe ADD HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\ /v HideFileExt /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f</CommandLine>
          <Description>ChangeHideFiles</Description>
        </SynchronousCommand>
      </FirstLogonCommands>
Full example unattend.  Maybe I don't have it in the right spot or wrong syntax?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
<settings pass="specialize">
<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>EXAM</ComputerName>
<TimeZone>Eastern Standard Time</TimeZone>
</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>p@ssw0rd!</Value>
<PlainText>true</PlainText>
</AdministratorPassword>
</UserAccounts>
<AutoLogon>
<Password>
<Value>p@ssw0rd!</Value>
<PlainText>true</PlainText>
</Password>
<Username>administrator</Username>
<LogonCount>2</LogonCount>
<Enabled>true</Enabled>
</AutoLogon>
<FirstLogonCommands>
<SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
<Order>1</Order>
<CommandLine>cmd /c reg.exe ADD HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\ /v HideFileExt /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f</CommandLine>
<Description>ChangeHideFiles</Description>
</SynchronousCommand>
</FirstLogonCommands>
<RegisteredOrganization>ORG</RegisteredOrganization>
<RegisteredOwner>USER</RegisteredOwner>
<OOBE>
<HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>
<SkipMachineOOBE>true</SkipMachineOOBE>
</OOBE>
</component>
</settings>
<cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />
</unattend>