I have configured WDS to deploy a Windows 7 Pro image (Volume Licensed) and I'm using an unattend.xml file for the configuration. The only problem I'm running into is activation. I'm passing a MAK Volume License key in the unattend.xml file but after the image gets pulled down from the server and it installs and the machine reboots, not only does it NOT activate but the license key specified in the unattend.xml file doesn't appear; a totally different license key is there (in My Computer in the license/activation section on the bottom).
I'm entering the product key in the correct spot in the unattend.xml file (or so I'm led to believe from Microsoft's documentation) so I'm not sure what's wrong?
Best Answer
From the Picture that you posted, you are adding the x86_Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup node, and not the x64_Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup to your unattend file. Changing this to the appropriate architecture should solve this problem.
Hope this helps,