Unattended support for German (Austria) locale

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Hello!
This is a pretty low priority request, but it would make my life easier if I could select the Input Locale 0C07:00000407 or type in a custom string, because I get redundantly 2 keyboard layouts after installation, namely German (Germany) and German (Austria).
Until now I have to manually edit the generated autounattend.xml every time and correct it for WinPE and OOBE.

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Official MS documentation by the way: Default input profiles (input locales) in Windows

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Regards,
Wilhelm

PS:
No big deal and presumably not an NTLite issue, but I am curious if somebody has noticed the persistent English keyboard in WinPE of Win11 24H2 too?
Fair enough, I use the "en-US" version, but previously in Win10 22H2 the input language matched the selection in the GUI and via autounattend.xml or NTLite respectively.
 
Thank you, uploaded it with the German - Österreich option, let me know if it works.
If more people request these non-automatic languages, I might need to add that input box.

For WinPE make sure the WinPE section of the Unattended setup is set to German, there are 2 places where it can be set on that page, for WinPE (during setup) and for OOBE (after setup).
If you see it does not work, let me know how to see it - especially if you integrate a non-English language pack, maybe language wasn't integrated to boot.wim or winpe.wim properly.
One explanation might be that NTLite integrates language to boot.wim for setup, since it's new that WinRE.wim is used for setup since 24H2.
Writing that down for later, still need your feedback to test what you're referring to.
 
Sorry for my very late reply. My private life became more and more stressful. Now I am in a hurry to upgrade to Windows 11 in time. :D

Thanks, the German - Österreich only keyboard works fine! :cool:

Edit:

There are some scenarios concerning saving and/or loading presets where it does not apply the new option but sets the old "0407:00000407" in autounattended.xml.

At least when loading the previously saved preset.
For the rest I am not sure because I could not always reproduce it.
Once it did not by just saving my preset before applying. But after re-opening the image and just saving a new preset did not repeat the mistake.
I am too tired at the moment for further tests I am afraid. Maybe it is just a small glitch you'll find instantly.
 
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Hello,
I have tried the latest NTlite version and saved my preset as a new one, then loading (overwriting) it.
It reverts to regular German "0407" although the new "0C07" locale is in the preset.

Preset:

<settings pass="windowsPE">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE">
<InputLocale>[B]0C07:00000407[/B]</InputLocale>
<SystemLocale>de-AT</SystemLocale>
<UILanguage>en-GB</UILanguage>
<UILanguageFallback>en-US</UILanguageFallback>
<UserLocale>de-AT</UserLocale>
<SetupUILanguage>
<UILanguage>en-GB</UILanguage>
</SetupUILanguage>
</component>

<settings pass="oobeSystem">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core">
<InputLocale>[B]0C07:00000407[/B]</InputLocale>
<SystemLocale>de-AT</SystemLocale>
<UILanguage>en-GB</UILanguage>
<UILanguageFallback>en-US</UILanguageFallback>
<UserLocale>de-AT</UserLocale>
</component>


GUI after loading preset:

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Thanks, uploaded a fix to the Beta channel (Menu - Check update), let me know if all good.
 
Thanks very much!
Check for updates shows me the new beta, but it is not in the (public) download section on the website.
Yes, I have a licence and auto update should do it, but I have not activated it here on my old Win10 test environment.
 
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