diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 9ff2782..aee0256 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,5 +1,66 @@ -# Windows OOBE Script +# Windows OOBE Scripts -First thing to run when logged into windows for the first time. +Unattended setup for Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021: an answer file installs Windows, then a PowerShell script configures the machine on first logon and restarts it. -`irm https://url.isworking.fyi/oobe | iex` \ No newline at end of file +| Variant | Answer file | OOBE script | Disk | ISO | +|---|---|---|---|---| +| VMs (Unraid/KVM, VirtIO) | `unattend/vms-WIPE-DISK.xml` | `oobe-vms.ps1` | **Wipes Disk 0 without asking** | `build/virtio-vms.iso` | +| Desktops, laptops, any VM | `unattend/desktop-PROMPT-DISK.xml` | `oobe-desktop.ps1` | Prompts you to pick the disk/partition | `build/desktop.iso` | + +## Run a script by hand + +From an elevated PowerShell: + +```powershell +irm https://url.isworking.fyi/oobe-vms | iex +irm https://url.isworking.fyi/oobe-desktop | iex +``` + +The short links point at the raw files on `master`, so pushing a change updates what new installs run. Logs go to `C:\ProgramData\OOBE\oobe-.log`. + +## What the scripts do + +Both: + +- Install the MeshCentral agent silently as a service +- Enable RDP, ping, the `C$` admin share, and OpenSSH Server (PowerShell as the default shell) +- Set the network to Private, turn off the UAC prompt, and turn on dark mode with no mouse acceleration (current user and default profile) +- Install Winget +- Restart when finished + +`oobe-vms.ps1` also: + +- Installs the VirtIO drivers, QEMU guest agent and SPICE agent from the mounted virtio-win ISO (downloads them if it isn't mounted) +- Never sleeps or hibernates (enforced by policy), never turns off the display or disks, and stops Windows powering down the network adapter +- Enables WinRM and keeps the clock synced + +`oobe-desktop.ps1` also: + +- Uses the Balanced plan: dims the display after 5 minutes (only works on screens Windows controls the brightness of) and sleeps after 30 minutes + +## Build the ISOs + +Requires `curl` and `xorriso`: + +```sh +./build-isos.sh +``` + +This downloads the latest virtio-win ISO (only when a new release is out) and writes to `build/`, which git ignores: + +- `virtio-vms.iso`: virtio-win plus `autounattend.xml` (the VM answer file) and `oobe-vms.ps1` +- `desktop.iso`: `autounattend.xml` (the desktop answer file) and `oobe-desktop.ps1` + +Rerun it after changing an answer file. Changes to the scripts reach new installs through the short links without a rebuild. The copy on the ISO is only used if the download fails. + +## Install + +**VM (Unraid):** put the LTSC ISO in "OS Install ISO" and `virtio-vms.iso` in "VirtIO Drivers ISO", then boot. Everything is automatic, and **Disk 0 is erased**. + +**Desktop:** copy `autounattend.xml` and `oobe-desktop.ps1` from `desktop.iso` to the root of the LTSC install USB. For a VM, attach `desktop.iso` as a second CD instead. Setup stops once to ask where to install; everything else is automatic. + +Setup only reads a file named exactly `autounattend.xml` at the root of a disc or USB drive. + +## Accounts + +Both answer files create a local administrator `labadmin` with the placeholder password `mdwelcome`, stored in plain text. VMs log in automatically every boot; desktops only on the first logon, then show the sign-in screen. Change the password in the answer file before using this for anything that matters.