Windows 7 Unattended install – Not really ‘unattended’

I have been trying for a few days to get a correct and working Unattended.xml answerfile for Windows 7. Trying to create a completely unattended install of Windows 7 to where a tech can insert USB drive, boot from it, and wait for the setup to complete. The image I am working from has already been sysprepped with the unattended answer file, and at every change since then. It is a time consuming process, because WDS/Server installs are not an option, only this method of pre-imaged USB devices.

I have been all over technet, Serverfault (and other StackExchange sites), random blogs and such sites attempting different answerfile options that would (should/supposedly) create a completley unattended install.

Using WSIM to manage/write/modify/check the answerfile and DISM to manage the image.

Regardless of ANY options I put in WinPE pass, the following ALWAYS happens:

• PE asks for language/locale/
• PE Displays EULA Agreement
• PE Disk configuration always displays, prompting for partitioning

I need the setup to begin, process, and complete without asking the user ANYTHING

The most recent XML answerfile I have is as follows:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
    <settings pass="windowsPE">
    <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
        <SetupUILanguage>
        <UILanguage>en-us</UILanguage>
        </SetupUILanguage>
        <UILanguage>en-us</UILanguage>
        <InputLocale>0409:00000409</InputLocale>
        <SystemLocale>en-us</SystemLocale>
        <UserLocale>en-us</UserLocale>
    </component>
    <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
        <DiskConfiguration>
        <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
        <Disk wcm:action="add">
        <DiskID>0</DiskID>
            <WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>
            <CreatePartitions>
            <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
            <Order>1</Order>
            <Size>100</Size>
                <Type>Primary</Type>
            </CreatePartition>
         <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
            <Order>2</Order>
                <Type>Primary</Type>
                <Extend>true</Extend>
            </CreatePartition>
            </CreatePartitions>
            <ModifyPartitions>
            <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
                <Format>NTFS</Format>
                <Label>System</Label>
                <Order>1</Order>
            <Active>true</Active>
                <PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
            </ModifyPartition>
            <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
                <Format>NTFS</Format>
                <Label>OS</Label>
                <Order>2</Order>
                <PartitionID>2</PartitionID>
            </ModifyPartition>
            </ModifyPartitions>
        </Disk>
        </DiskConfiguration>
        <ImageInstall>
        <OSImage>
            <InstallTo>
            <DiskID>0</DiskID>
            <PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
            </InstallTo>
        <InstallFrom>
            <MetaData wcm:action="add">
                <Key>/IMAGE/INDEX</Key>
                <Value>1</Value>
            </MetaData>
            </InstallFrom>
            <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
        </OSImage>
        </ImageInstall>
        <UserData>
          <AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula>
        <ProductKey>
            <Key>----</Key>
            <WillShowUI>----</WillShowUI>
        </ProductKey>
        <FullName>----</FullName>
        <Organization>----</Organization>
        </UserData>
    </component>
    </settings>
    <settings pass="specialize">
    <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
        <CopyProfile>true</CopyProfile>
        <TimeZone>----</TimeZone>
        <ProductKey>----</ProductKey>
        <RegisteredOrganization>----</RegisteredOrganization>
        <RegisteredOwner>----</RegisteredOwner>
    </component>
    <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Deployment" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
        <RunSynchronous>
        <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
            <Path>net user administrator /active:yes</Path>
            <Order>1</Order>
        </RunSynchronousCommand>
        </RunSynchronous>
    </component>
    <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
        <InputLocale>0409:00000409</InputLocale>
        <SystemLocale>en-us</SystemLocale>
        <UILanguage>en-us</UILanguage>
        <UserLocale>en-us</UserLocale>
    </component>
    </settings>
    <settings pass="oobeSystem">
    <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
        <OOBE>
        <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>
        <NetworkLocation>Work</NetworkLocation>
        <ProtectYourPC>1</ProtectYourPC>
        <HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>true</HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>
        </OOBE>
        <RegisteredOrganization>----</RegisteredOrganization>
        <RegisteredOwner>----</RegisteredOwner>
        <TimeZone>TZ</TimeZone>
        <UserAccounts>
        <AdministratorPassword>
            <Value>aBcDe</Value>
            <PlainText>false</PlainText>
        </AdministratorPassword>
        <LocalAccounts>
            <LocalAccount wcm:action="add">
            <Password>
                <Value>aBcDe</Value>
                <PlainText>false</PlainText>
            </Password>
            <Description>Local Administrator</Description>
            <DisplayName>Administrator</DisplayName>
            <Group>Administrators</Group>
            <Name>Administrator</Name>
            </LocalAccount>
        </LocalAccounts>
        </UserAccounts>
        <AutoLogon>
        <Password>
            <Value>aBCdE</Value>
            <PlainText>false</PlainText>
        </Password>
        <Enabled>true</Enabled>
        <LogonCount>5</LogonCount>
        <Username>administrator</Username>
        <Domain></Domain>
        </AutoLogon>
    </component>
    <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
        <InputLocale>0409:00000409</InputLocale>
        <SystemLocale>en-us</SystemLocale>
        <UserLocale>en-us</UserLocale>
        <UILanguage>en-us</UILanguage>
    </component>
    </settings>
    <cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:wimfile#Windows 7 Professional" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />
</unattend>

Does anyone else have experience with such a situation occurring, or know how to correct my answerfile so that it truly becomes unattended?