Autounattend problem (WinReducer)

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I can't create a local account after accepting EULA and hiding boot image selection, cortana setup and online account options. This happens after I used WinReducer EX-100. After I install Windows 10 it's asked an "other user" password and not the password from the user I created since that OOBE step was skipped.

Is it possible to copy NTLite's autounattend configuration (which doesn't have this problem) to WinReducer's? But if I do that I'll mess with WinReducer's autounattend which despite not being ok has one option that can't be configured in NTLite. Also, I'd like to skip the password hint OOBE step.

EDIT: I tried adding some paragraphs from WinReducer's autounattend to NTLite's and copy it to the ISO and it looks like it is ok although I maybe should've copy more paragraphs to have the right configuration and now I have a new "Something went wrong You can try again, or skip for now." error message showing up on the OOBE but I can still proceed, anyway. I still want to have NTLite's autounattend configuration and the important parts from WinReducer's.
 
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Kasual said:
You have said that you want to mix (add paragraphs from one to another) autonattend.xml files?

If so, upload your autounattend.xml files and explain what do you want to mix.
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Can I only upload WinReducer's autounattend to see why can't I create a local account? If I can fix that I don't need NTLite's autounattend.
 
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upload it.
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Here it is.

EDIT: I removed the "<SkipMachineOOBE>true</SkipMachineOOBE>" part and I could create a local account but now I have the Location, Speech Recognition, Diagnostics, Tailored Experiences with Diagnostic Data and Relevant Ads OOBE step, besides the password hint one which I always had. I don't have the "Something went wrong You can try again, or skip for now." error message showing up during Windows 10's OOBE. Also, the install is very slow. It takes too much time doing something in cmd. Can I talk about the problem I have with YUMI?
 
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Windows 10 User said:
EDIT: I removed the "<SkipMachineOOBE>true</SkipMachineOOBE>" part and I could create a local account but I now have the Location, Speech Recognition, Diagnostics, Tailored Experiences with Diagnostic Data and Relevant Ads annoying screen, besides the password hint creation screen which I always had. I don't have the "an error ocurred". Also, the install is very slow. It takes too much time doing something in cmd. Can I talk about the problem I have with YUMI?
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Your autounattend.xml have les than my autounattend.xml.

Yours have only "CMD /C DISM /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup" as extra and that command makes your install very slow as it does a component removal and cleanup (cleanup-image StartComponentCleanup). The description for this command is "WinSXSDISMCleanup", if the command is for winsxs backup removal, you can remove it in ntlite, search for sxs and you'll get "Backup de Manifest (WinSxS Backup), uncheck it for removal.

<SkipMachineOOBE> does nothing for win10 x64 1709, if i set false, it doesn't show the page to set the machine name and it doesn't keep the components that you have listed, upload your preset to take a look and tellme what is your problem with YUMI.
 
Kasual said:
Your autounattend.xml have les than my autounattend.xml.

Yours have only "CMD /C DISM /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup" as extra and that command makes your install very slow as it does a component removal and cleanup (cleanup-image StartComponentCleanup). The description for this command is "WinSXSDISMCleanup", if the command is for winsxs backup removal, you can remove it in ntlite, search for sxs and you'll get "Backup de Manifest (WinSxS Backup), uncheck it for removal.

<SkipMachineOOBE> does nothing for win10 x64 1709, if i set false, it doesn't show the page to set the machine name and it doesn't keep the components that you have listed, upload your preset to take a look and tellme what is your problem with YUMI.
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I can't find it in NTLite and regarding <SkipMachineOOBE> I didn't set it false but removed that line in the xml file and now it does show up that screen talking about the Location, Speech Recognition, Diagnostics, Tailored Experiences with Diagnostic Data and Relevant Ads after removing it. So, you are saying that I may set it false? And what about the other Skip option? Won't it mess up a thing during the OOBE if both are set false or even just one of them? I think that goes against the information of the program regarding those options or at least one of them. Anyway, if that screen didn't show up like before how could I know if I had those things activated like they are by default when I want them disabled? About YUMI, in my USB Flash Drive I have a Windows 10 installer and a Windows 10 PESE I created and when I try to load the second it loads the first even after choosing the right options in YUMI so I had to choose a different YUMI option for the second and it manages to load when I choose it but with errors and I can load the Windows 10 installer too.
 
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Ignorar a página 'Obter rápido' set to true and you won't see all that you have listed but you should had removed (or unchecked for removal) and if you prefer to keep them, make sure to disable in tweaks-services, tweaks-machine and tweaks-user if it applies to the option you want to keep disabled (don't worry if you are going to remove it).

For YUMI
Create a new clean install source by formatting the USB drive.
Choose multiboot -wimboot option (multiboot is for múltiple ISOs in YUMI, this option is not exclusive for a multiboot ISO)
Add your ISOs one by one
 
Kasual said:
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Ignorar a página 'Obter rápido' set to true and you won't see all that you have listed but you should had removed (or unchecked for removal) and if you prefer to keep them, make sure to disable in tweaks-services, tweaks-machine and tweaks-user if it applies to the option you want to keep disabled (don't worry if you are going to remove it).

For YUMI
Create a new clean install source by formatting the USB drive.
Choose multiboot -wimboot option (multiboot is for múltiple ISOs in YUMI, this option is not exclusive for a multiboot ISO)
Add your ISOs one by one
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Ok, but can I change the two SkipOOBE or should I left them blank? And if the Location, Speech Recognition, Diagnostics, Tailored Experiences with Diagnostic Data and Relevant Ads screen don't show up will I have those things activated by default and if so how can I disable them? Do you think I should use NTLite's autounattend even if I use WinReducer and to reduce the install time I shouldn't check WinSxSBackup (regardless if I use NTLite or WinReducer) even if I lose some disk space (I can't find this option in NTLite)?

But shouldn't I choose the "Single Windows Vista/7/8/10 Installer" option to Windows 10 installer and the "Try Unlisted ISO (GRUB Partition 4)" option to Windows 10 PESE? If I remember it well, the latter was the only option which could boot the PESE without booting the installer instead in spite of having some errors like not being able to run programs, like the browser.
 
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I have no idea about winreducer nor what you remove with that.
The most recommended option for slim down the windows source is to use one or the other, not both.

I prefer NTLite.

in YUMI choose Multiple Windows Vista/7/8/10 installers -wimboot
 
Kasual said:
I have no idea about winreducer nor what you remove with that.
The most recommended option for slim down the windows source is to use one or the other, not both.

I prefer NTLite.

in YUMI choose Multiple Windows Vista/7/8/10 installers -wimboot
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I only use both because I have to since I have problems if I use just one of them. Could you answer the remaining questions? If I choose that YUMI option I have problems.
 
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Probably, i haven't tested that.
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Can I change the two SkipOOBE or should I left them blank? And if the Location, Speech Recognition, Diagnostics, Tailored Experiences with Diagnostic Data and Relevant Ads screen don't show up will I have those things activated by default and if so how can I disable them?
 
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Windows 10 User said:
Can I change the two SkipOOBE or should I left them blank?
And if the Location, Speech Recognition, Diagnostics, Tailored Experiences with Diagnostic Data and Relevant Ads screen doesn't appear will I have those things activated by default and if so how can I disable them?
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For the first, if you have added a local account, you can set to true, otherwise, set it to false.
For the second, take a look at the right panel - Tweaks, if NTLite in portuguese-BR is confusing for you, change NTLite's language to english, it doesn't change your source modifications.
 
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For the first, if you have added a local account, you can set to true, otherwise, set it to false.
For the second, take a look at the right panel - Tweaks, if NTLite in portuguese-BR is confusing for you, change NTLite's language to english, it doesn't change your source modifications.
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Ok, so should I choose true to skip online account, leave local account blank and choose true for the two SkipOOBE and I won't mess up a thing and I'll be able to create a local account?

Regarding the Location, Speech Recognition, Diagnostics, Tailored Experiences with Diagnostic Data and Relevant Ads screen, forget it. If it's what you have been talking about than I've been configuring those things in spite of the screen not showing up.

EDIT: If the mentioned component doesn't regain some disk space then I think I should use NTLite's autounattend.
 
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Set false.

Don't get scared, try and see what happens with all you want to do but in a virtual machine as virtualBox.
 
Kasual said:
Set false.

Don't get scared, try and see what happens with all you want to do but in a virtual machine as virtualBox.
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Set false for what? I always try first in Hyper-V. How can I avoid the password hint OOBE step? What will happen if I set "Compact" true? Will I be able to run my Windows 10 PESE and will the Windows 10 install take more time to finish?

EDIT: So, I did what you said and set "Skip 'Get going fast' page" true ("Ignorar a página 'Obter rápido'") and ignored Online Account and besides that I left the two SkipOOBE and the Ignore Local Account options blank and I didn't have that screen talking about the Location, Speech Recognition, Diagnostics, Tailored Experiences with Diagnostic Data and Relevant Ads (or other screens besides the password hint one which I wanted to remove) but I didn't have it in the past (when I didn't copy NTLite's autounattend paragraphs to WinReducer's) and even if I didn't change the "Skip 'Get going fast' page" so it's the same as before. The problem was when I copied NTLite's autounattend paragraphs to WinReducer's but it looks like I won't do that again since the option I choose in WinReducer made the install very slow doing something in cmd and it didn't spare disk space or even if it does it doesn't make up for the time it takes. I've yet to try other WinReducer options which might make the install very slow doing something in cmd or other things again regardless if it spares some disk space or not so it stays the same for now. I also don't have the "Something went wrong You can try again, or skip for now." error message showing up during Windows 10's OOBE which I only would have if I copied NTLite's autounattend paragraphs to WinReducer's.
 
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How slim do you want your windows ISO?

As far as i know, i made good enough Win10 1709 x64 to 1.84 GB, it should go down to 1.74 GB without fonts/defender/firewall/languages/store/update/win uwp apps/& more, keeping. touchscreen (tablet) support with a needed component for InputApp and components to keep the most stable system.

For the Unattend part, it does not skip autoactivation and drive selection only and for skipping local or online account creation, i have added a local account and set to true skipmachineoobe and skipuseroobe.
 
Kasual said:
How slim do you want your windows ISO?

As far as i know, i made good enough Win10 1709 x64 to 1.84 GB, it should go down to 1.74 GB without fonts/defender/firewall/languages/store/update/win uwp apps/& more, keeping. touchscreen (tablet) support with a needed component for InputApp and components to keep the most stable system.

For the Unattend part, it does not skip autoactivation and drive selection only and for skipping local or online account creation, i have added a local account and set to true skipmachineoobe and skipuseroobe.
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It would be great if it could be under 2 GB but I'm not seeing how. Well, I didn't have to do that. I left those 3 options blank (Skip Local Account and the two SkipOOBE) and set true the Skip Online Account and "Skip 'Get going fast' page" ones and it worked. I created a local account and I didn't have that Location, Speech Recognition, Diagnostics, Tailored Experiences with Diagnostic Data and Relevant Ads OOBE step. I didn't even mention the autoactivation and the drive selection. Is it possible to skip the password hint OOBE step and just have the username and the local account password OOBE steps and, even better, just the username and the local account password OOBE steps and not the password and the password hint OOBE steps?
 
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I think that winreducer is a scam.

And i prefer to help you if you don't mix tools to slim down images because is easier to spot an issue (whenever it comes up),
 
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