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delta_p_delta_x • today at 4:46 PM • 4 replies • view on HN

To anyone reading this: please don't use ISOs downloaded from not-official sources.

Use an autounattend.xml, the mass graves, and a WinGet JSON to customise an online image.

[1]: https://schneegans.de/windows/unattend-generator/

[2]: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/package-manager/wi...

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layer8 • today at 4:59 PM

The tool linked by the parent doesn't download ISOs from non-official sources.

EvanAnderson • today at 5:48 PM

Do be aware that an autounattend.xml can cause Windows setup to execute arbitrary code. Their provenance matters too. It's relatively easy to encode scripts (or even binaries) into the XML to run during or after Windows setup. You can eyeball them, for sure, but I bet most people don't.

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LocalH • today at 5:53 PM

I use uup dump myself, which downloads the components directly from MS and builds the ISO locally

greenavocado • today at 5:43 PM

Did you even read what I wrote?

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