Skip WiFi connection during SCCM OSD deployment in Windows 8

Starting with Windows 8, a computer with a wireless card will usually pop up the interface that requires you to choose WiFi for wireless network connection during the installation of the system. The system installation will continue until you have connected to WiFi or have chosen to skip this feature. This is a very useful feature, but it can be cumbersome for IT administrators who want to fully automate deployment of Windows 8 and above with SCCM. Canceling this functionality needs to be achieved by generating custom XML combined with the SCCM task sequence.

First step: Install the latest version of Windows ADK

Download Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Update 2 for installation. This toolkit contains Windows ADK for Windows 10 and supports Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. After the installation is complete, we need to apply the Windows System Image Manager tool in ADK.

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Step Two: Select the image you want to use and generate an XML answer file

Log on to the computer with the local Administrator account and open the Windows System Image Manager, click "File" and select "Select Windows System Image"

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Navigate to the Xx.wim file you need to deploy, and if you are using the tool for the first time, you will be prompted to click "Yes" when the Alarm dialog box for the directory file cannot be found. The image Manager will then start to generate the catalog files, which will take longer to process.

After the catalog file is successfully generated, all entries for the image file are listed in the mirror Manager

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Click on the "File" button again, select "New answer File", when finished will display the system components in the Answer File box 7 steps.

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Step three: Define the answer file we need

Select the Amd64_microsoft-windows-shell-setup_6.2.9200.16384_neutral component in the Components extension list in the left window

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Expand Amd64_microsoft-windows-shell-setup_6.2.9200.16384_neutral, select OOBE

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Right-click OOBE, select "Add Settings to transfer 7oobeSystem", click Set "Hidewirelesssetupinoobe" to Trueto skip the wireless connection.

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Fourth step: Save the new answer file

With the above settings, we have generated a new answer file, click "File" select "Save answer File as" to save the answer file as Hidewirelesssetupinoobe.xml to the Configuration Manager server In the \sources\os\unattend XML folder

Fifth step: Create a deployment package in the SCCM system

Creating a deployment package with Hidewirelesssetupinoobe.xml files in the SCCM system

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In the source files included in the package, select the path of the shared folder where you stored the Hidewirelesssetupinoobe.xml file

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Click "Next" to select "Do notcreate aprogram"

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Follow the wizard files until the package creation is complete.

Sixth step: Distribute the package

Right-click the package you just created, select distribute content, and distribute the package to all distribution points.

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Seventh step: Editing the task sequence for operating system deployment

Select the task sequence to deploy the Windows 8 system, right-click to select Edit

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Click "Apply Operating Image", tick "use ofUnattended or Sysprep answer file for a custom installation" Check the newly created containing A bag with hidewirelesssetupinoobe.xml.

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Click on the "Apply" app settings, when you deploy the operating system again, will no longer appear to remind you to make a WiFi connection interface, so as to achieve a fully automated deployment of the operating system.

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Skip WiFi connection during SCCM OSD deployment in Windows 8