SYSPREP + 1709 = OOBE stuck at logon screen with "defaultuser0"

Okay, we've sliced and diced this every which way until Sunday. When you prep an image for Windows 10 CBB Enterprise v1709, you'll get stuck at the logon screen during OOBE with "defaultuser0". Y...

Johan Arwidmark
Dec 18, 2017
First of all, I strongly recommend using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit to build and capture the image, it has built-in fixes for common issues.

That being said, the November 2017 CU seems to have fixed the OOBE issues in 1709, and to get Cortana to stop annoying you (and others), you can set a registry key during OS deployment.

Keith has a good post here:

https://keithga.wordpress.com/2017/12/11/silence-is-golden-during-setup

I have a script you can add to a MDT task sequence here: https://github.com/DeploymentResearch/DRFiles/blob/master/Scripts/Config-DisableCortana.wsf

And, Anton has a post here on using that script: http://www.vacuumbreather.com/index.php/blog/item/60-disabling-cortana-voice-support-during-oobe

Johan Arwidmark

MVP

Jan 17, 2018

Please stop using WDS without the MDT integration. WDS+MDT gives a much better experience, and the integration makes it much easier to make custom changes on the fly during OS deployment. This platform is also tested end-to-end for modern deployment scenarios.

Anyway, by tweaking the unattend.xml to add the registry keys for Cortana to be quiet, it should work with just plain vanilla WDS as well (not tested). Here is a post explaining the process: https://keithga.wordpress.com/2017/12/11/silence-is-golden-during-setup/

For WDS with MDT, I have posted a script here that you can add to your task sequence: https://github.com/DeploymentResearch/DRFiles/blob/master/Scripts/Config-DisableCortana.wsf

/ Johan