How to edit the answer file so that Windows 11 installer will ask for key

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RobertX

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I am trying to find a way for Windows 11 Pro to prompt for and take a serial input. By default, it doesn't show.

Is there a component in the answer file to do that?
 
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In NTL after enabled UnAttended page for input - just leave the field Product key (Setup) blank.
Actually it should ask default if not have an UnAttended in Windows install iso.
 
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The default rule for answer files is leaving any required field blank, will force Windows to stop and ask you for missing details.
But that doesn't work for the product key. From my testing:

1. Leave the product key blank. NTLite defaults to this, and Windows doesn't stop to ask.
Listing <InstallFrom> overrides the need to ask for a key. Setup expects you to install the same edition that matches your key, so specifying which image overrides the need to check your key for that info. This doesn't work.​

2. Leave <InstallFrom> blank, by using "Prompt edition selection". This doesn't work.

3. Disable networking, to prevent Windows from self-activating off a previous digital license. This doesn't work.

4. Not having an answer file does stop for the missing key. But we're not using unattended mode.

In short, there's no way to force W10/11 unattended to prompt for a key. This might have stopped working in 20H2.
 
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