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RahamimL
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Feb 15, 2022
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Intune auto pilot international settings

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to achieve the following for new computers in autopilot:

  1. Set time zone to my time zone
  2. Set system locale, culture and windows home location to my country
  3. Set a language list to use en-US and my country's language
  4. Make sure that my country language is installed on the compute

In MECM this is the Apply windows settings which looks like this:

The end result I'm looking for is this:

I searched the web and also found the Copy-UserInternationalSettingsToSystem, but this is for windows 11... We are still deploying windows 10.

I found and tested multiple options such as deploying the LXP and using several powershell commands to apply what I need but it doesn't exactly work.

This is my autopilot profile:

Is there a way to use some unattended file or any other way to configure the operating system to our international settings?

 

Rahamim.

Autopilot
International
Intune
microsoft intune
os deployment
Windows 10 20H2
  • RahamimL's avatar
    RahamimL
    Mar 31, 2022

    Rudy_Ooms_MVP thanks for your help.

     

    My xml was wrong. I ended up creating a different app with a CMD file in it and the xml inside the win32 package. I also separated the PowerShell script to add the language to a different win32 package.

     

    For anyone requiring something similar here is my xml:

    <gs:GlobalizationServices xmlns:gs="urn:longhornGlobalizationUnattend">

    <gs:UserList>
    <gs:User UserID="Current" CopySettingsToDefaultUserAcct="true" CopySettingsToSystemAcct="true"/>
    </gs:UserList>

    <!-- GeoID -->
    <gs:LocationPreferences>
    <gs:GeoID Value="117"/>
    </gs:LocationPreferences>

    <gs:MUILanguagePreferences>
    <gs:MUILanguage Value="en-US"/>
    <gs:MUIFallback Value="he-IL"/>
    </gs:MUILanguagePreferences>

    <!-- system locale -->
    <gs:SystemLocale Name="he-IL"/>

    <!-- input preferences -->
    <gs:InputPreferences>
    <gs:InputLanguageID Action="add" ID="0409:00000409"/>
    <gs:InputLanguageID Action="add" ID="040D:0002040D"/>
    </gs:InputPreferences>
    <gs:UserLocale>
    <gs:Locale Name="he-IL" SetAsCurrent="true" ResetAllSettings="false">
    </gs:Locale>
    </gs:UserLocale>
    </gs:GlobalizationServices>

     

    For detection of the application:

    try{
    $DefaultHive = "microsoft.powershell.core\Registry::HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT"
    $CP = Join-Path -Path $DefaultHive -ChildPath "Control Panel\International"
    $KL = Join-Path -Path $DefaultHive -ChildPath "Keyboard Layout\Preload"
    $DHCP = Get-ItemProperty -Path $CP
    $DHKL = Get-ItemProperty -Path $KL
    if($DHCP.Locale -eq "0000040D" `
    -and $DHCP.LocaleName -eq "he-IL" `
    -and $DHCP.iCountry -eq "972" `
    -and $DHKL.1 -eq "00000409" `
    -and $DHKL.2 -eq "0000040D"){
        Write-Output "Profile international settings were copied successfully"
        exit 0
    }else{
        Write-Error "Error copying profile international settings"
        exit 1
    }
}catch{
    $ErrorMessage = $_.Exception.Message
    Write-Error $ErrorMessage
    exit 1
}

    Rahamim

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  • RahamimL's avatar
    RahamimL
    Iron Contributor
    Mar 16, 2022

    I was able to run trials on a VM and I can't get this to work.

    I created a win32 app deployed to system with the following script:

    $Hebrew = Get-WindowsCapability -online -Name lang*he* | Where-Object displayname -Match "hebrew"
    foreach($h in $Hebrew){if($h.State -ne "Installed"){Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Verbose -Name $h.name}}
    Set-WinSystemLocale -SystemLocale he-IL
    Set-Culture -CultureInfo he-IL
    Set-WinHomeLocation -GeoId 117
    Set-WinUserLanguageList en-US,he-IL -Force
    $XMLfile = @"
    <gs:GlobalizationServices xmlns:gs="urn:longhornGlobalizationUnattend">

    <!-- user list -->
    <gs:UserList>
    <gs:User UserID="Current" CopySettingsToDefaultUserAcct="true" CopySettingsToSystemAcct="true"/>
    </gs:UserList>

    <!-- system locale -->
    <gs:SystemLocale Name="he-IL"/>

    <!-- input preferences -->
    <gs:InputPreferences>
    <gs:InputLanguageID Action="add" ID="0409:00000409"/>
    <gs:InputLanguageID Action="add" ID="040D:0000040D"/>
    <!--gs:InputLanguageID Action="remove" ID="0409:00000409"/-->
    </gs:InputPreferences>

    </gs:GlobalizationServices>
    "@
    New-Item -Path $env:TEMP -Name "intlcfg.xml" -Value $XMLfile -Force -Verbose
    $XMLPath = Join-Path $env:Temp -ChildPath "intlcfg.xml"
    & $env:windir\System32\control.exe "intl.cpl,,/f:`"$XMLPath`""
    Start-Sleep 5
    & $env:windir\System32\control.exe "intl.cpl,,/f:`"$XMLPath`""
    Get-Item -Path (Join-Path $env:TEMP -ChildPath "intlcfg.xml") | Remove-Item -Verbose

     

    If I run this manually in an OOBE fresh installation, I get the expected result. but when I try it during autopilot the settings don't copy.

     

    Rahamim.

      • RahamimL's avatar
        RahamimL
        Iron Contributor
        Mar 31, 2022

        Rudy_Ooms_MVP thanks for your help.

         

        My xml was wrong. I ended up creating a different app with a CMD file in it and the xml inside the win32 package. I also separated the PowerShell script to add the language to a different win32 package.

         

        For anyone requiring something similar here is my xml:

        <gs:GlobalizationServices xmlns:gs="urn:longhornGlobalizationUnattend">

        <gs:UserList>
        <gs:User UserID="Current" CopySettingsToDefaultUserAcct="true" CopySettingsToSystemAcct="true"/>
        </gs:UserList>

        <!-- GeoID -->
        <gs:LocationPreferences>
        <gs:GeoID Value="117"/>
        </gs:LocationPreferences>

        <gs:MUILanguagePreferences>
        <gs:MUILanguage Value="en-US"/>
        <gs:MUIFallback Value="he-IL"/>
        </gs:MUILanguagePreferences>

        <!-- system locale -->
        <gs:SystemLocale Name="he-IL"/>

        <!-- input preferences -->
        <gs:InputPreferences>
        <gs:InputLanguageID Action="add" ID="0409:00000409"/>
        <gs:InputLanguageID Action="add" ID="040D:0002040D"/>
        </gs:InputPreferences>
        <gs:UserLocale>
        <gs:Locale Name="he-IL" SetAsCurrent="true" ResetAllSettings="false">
        </gs:Locale>
        </gs:UserLocale>
        </gs:GlobalizationServices>

         

        For detection of the application:

        try{
    $DefaultHive = "microsoft.powershell.core\Registry::HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT"
    $CP = Join-Path -Path $DefaultHive -ChildPath "Control Panel\International"
    $KL = Join-Path -Path $DefaultHive -ChildPath "Keyboard Layout\Preload"
    $DHCP = Get-ItemProperty -Path $CP
    $DHKL = Get-ItemProperty -Path $KL
    if($DHCP.Locale -eq "0000040D" `
    -and $DHCP.LocaleName -eq "he-IL" `
    -and $DHCP.iCountry -eq "972" `
    -and $DHKL.1 -eq "00000409" `
    -and $DHKL.2 -eq "0000040D"){
        Write-Output "Profile international settings were copied successfully"
        exit 0
    }else{
        Write-Error "Error copying profile international settings"
        exit 1
    }
}catch{
    $ErrorMessage = $_.Exception.Message
    Write-Error $ErrorMessage
    exit 1
}

        Rahamim

  • Rudy_Ooms_MVP's avatar
    Rudy_Ooms_MVP
    MVP
    Feb 15, 2022

    Hi

    Normally I would say to create a powershell script with the additional language cab in it. And configure all settings you want in that powershell script. as example

    DISM /Online /Add-Package /PackagePath: .\lp.cab
    Set-WinUILanguageOverride <xx-xx> (where xx-xx is your language culture)

    And convert it to a win32 app and deploy it as an required app during autopilot esp?

    Could you show us what you have tried until know?

    • RahamimL's avatar
      RahamimL
      Iron Contributor
      Feb 17, 2022
      Thanks for the reply,
      I just found found the site Michael Niehus' website https://oofhours.com/ and realized I only did half of what AutoPilot has to offer. I found out I didn't use the enrollment status page . I'm trying to work with it now to see if that will do what I'm looking for.
      Also, can someone tell me the keyboard shortcut to open cmd in ESP?

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