Issue with Created ISO's

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Nash

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Hi,

So I've made a Windows 10 Pro x86 image which I've done some customization, tried it out as a virtual machine and it works fine. However when i install it in my device the resulting Windows is of Lite version where it cannot access my network devices (which is a feature i must have) whereas the same ISO works in virtual machine flawlessly. Have tried different times but results are the same, what's going on here?

The PC that i install the image is a 2-in-1 PC that has an Intel Atom Z3735F SoC.

NOTE: An untouched version of Windows x86 does work well and has no issues on the PC.
 
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VM's emulate a generic PC, and use basic drivers that are always found in normal Windows. Most likely you removed a network driver.
Install the clean ISO, and find out the driver's exact name from Device Manager's properties. Compare that to your edits.
 
You can also use NTLite's Integrate Drivers page, right-side the hardware list checkup.
Load it from that machine, or export machine's hardware list (Menu - Export hw list) and import on the Integrate Drivers page toolbar of the workstation making the image.
If the network adapter is red, a missing driver, integrate one to the image.
Note to also Reapply - Integrate Drivers to the boot.wim (Setup) image as well, that is the one active on setup bootup.
 
It's definetly not a driver issue. Tried the same ISO on a differnt baremetal PC and access to my NAs is working withe generic drivers. It's something to do with the SMB v3 feature that's either disabled or removed. Also, curiously, the content delivery manager also seems to be removed on the first PC but not on the second yet i had not done so in the image creation.
 
Upload your preset XML for review, but remove any private info like user passwords (which can be decoded) or your personal Windows key.
 
Click on the "Attach files" button on the bottom of the forum reply, and select the preset file from C:\Program Files\NTLite\Presets. Either that, or you should have an Auto-saved.xml in the completed ISO's top folder.
 
Thanks. This preset has no changes which would impact networking.
By default, W10 disables SMB v1 (because it's deprecated as a security risk), and you have to enable it from the Features screen.

Enter "SMB" in the search box, and select SMB 1.0/CIFS Client to enable that Feature.

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I know about SMB v1 and I don't even use it at all. Here's what i'm thinking about this whole thing: the 2-in1 PC that i install has a bios key which is for the Home edition thus when I install the Pro on it it somehow truncates/diasbles the SMB Direct together with the features that are not in the Home edition. Also having removed the other editions from the ISO and remaining with just Pro could be playing a part? :confused:
 
If your target PC (Dell, HP, or Lenovo) has a BIOS product key, Setup defaults to installing the same image edition as the factory license.
SMB Direct requires Pro, EDU, or Enterprise edition.

Open a CMD window as Administrator, and use Notepad to create a new file \sources\EI.cfg in the mounted ISO folder.
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