Windows 7 SOI regional settings prompt

[JannasTo]

If I change this regional settings to UK doing an Win soi install then t prompts me for regional settings whne doing install. If I leave as US its fine!

Is this a BUG ?

[Migration User]

I think, the Windows SOI packages which you are does not suport UK as regional language.

You can check this by manually executing Setup.exe of this package in preboot and check supported language in dropdown.

[JannasTo]

So why in the screenshot above does it allow English UK ergional settings fromt he drop down. Is this for something else ?

[Migration User]

Thanks Jannas for your query !

The snapshot above is an advance setting part of SOI task on console. This dropdown contain static list of regional languages that Microsoft usually supports. Here user has to select the appropriate language (default is English (US) ) and that regional lang should supported by OS package that he has imported.

My prediction of this case is the OS package the user is using supports the English(US) as regional lang and hence it is working fine with this lang. But this package does not support English (UK) as regional lang and hence user is getting this pop up during SOI in automation.

Hope this helps!!

 

 

[JannasTo]

Its Win7 Pro X64 - It supports English (UK) - I dont really know what you are saying. Why does it let me enter it manually. ?

[Migration User]

>>Why does it let me enter it manually. ?

I mean to say manually run 'Setup.exe' (which is under 'Sources' directory) of Win7 Pro X64 package in automation. You need to map drive to  Win7 Pro X64 package location in automation. It will launch UI to select the regional language from dropdown. Check English (UK) is present in that dropdown.

Let mme know if you face any issue while performing this.

[JannasTo]

Yes its present in the dropdown.

[JannasTo]

Yes, it lets me select English (UK) from the drop down menu when I run in WinPE

[JannasTo]

Yes - when you run setup English (UK) is available.

[Migration User]

Can you send me the snapshot of both cases:

1. Win soi install prompts for regional settings while doing install

2. Yes - when you run setup English (UK) is available

[JannasTo]

Screenshot of running setup

 

screenshot of running SOI with UK set as default 

[Migration User]

Jannas,

1. Which version of DS you are using(7.5/7.1)?

2. can you send me the "X:\unattend.xml" and x:\program files\Symanted\Deployment\Logs" folder from automation for screenshot of running SOI with UK set as default 

3. Is it possible to share your OS package with me so that I could try at my end. or tell me the link from where you have downloded the Windows 7 professional x64 iso?

 

[JannasTo]

CMS 7.5 HF5

this is the CD : SW_DVD5_Win_Pro_7w_SP1_64BIT_English_-2_MLF_X17-59279

Tehre is no unattend.xml on the x: drive when I run the SOI job

 

[JannasTo]

I am using the default unattend file with NS

Unattend_Default_Wind7_SP1.xml

no changes to it.

[JannasTo]

Anyone know the text I would put in the unattend.xml to stop this from propmting me for regional settings.

I tried this :

<settings pass="windowsPE">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE" processorArchitecture="@ProcessArchitecture" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

        <UILanguage>en-GB</UILanguage>
        <UILanguageFallback>eb-GB</UILanguageFallback>
        <InputLocale>en-GB</InputLocale>
        <SystemLocale>en-GB</SystemLocale>
        <UserLocale>en-GB</UserLocale>

        </component>

 

but it still prompts!

[Migration User]

Jannas,

I was investigating this issue. Could you please try below in your answer file:

<component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE" processorArchitecture="AMD64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
                <SetupUILanguage>
<UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
</SetupUILanguage>
<InputLocale>0809:00000809</InputLocale>
<SystemLocale>en-GB</SystemLocale>
<UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
<UserLocale>en-GB</UserLocale>
            </component>

[JannasTo]

Hi, this did the trick. checked regional settings in control panle and its all UK.

Cheers - thanks fro your help.