Unattended Windows Installations

The XML block of interest

Expect such XML block in any of the files present mentioned below:

<Credentials>
    <Username>Administrator</Username>
    <Domain>thm.local</Domain>
    <Password>MyPassword123</Password>
</Credentials>

• C:\Unattend.xml
• C:\Windows\Panther\Unattend.xml
• C:\Windows\Panther\Unattend\Unattend.xml
• C:\Windows\system32\sysprep.inf
• C:\Windows\system32\sysprep\sysprep.xml

Powershell History

On cmd.exe…

type %userprofile%\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Windows\\PowerShell\\PSReadline\\ConsoleHost_history.txt

On Powershell…

type $Env:userprofile\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Windows\\PowerShell\\PSReadline\\ConsoleHost_history.txt

Saved Windows Credentials

cmdkey /list
runas /savecred /user:admin cmd.exe

IIS Configuration