Components
The topics in this section describe all of the unattended settings that can be set in Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016. To determine whether a component applies to the image you’re building, load your image into Windows SIM and search for the component or setting name. For information on how to view components and settings, see Configure Components and Settings in an Answer File.
In This Section
Specifies settings for audio and volume controls. |
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Specifies settings for audio and volume controls. |
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New in Windows 11.Specifies settings for disabling the startup sound. |
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Specifies settings to describe an online backup service in the Windows Server Backup menus. |
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Maintains a list of all available domains and servers on a network. |
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Specifies settings for Windows 10 in S mode. |
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Specifies settings for the camera sound. |
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Specifies settings that are related to auditing a computer. |
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Specifies settings for enabling device policy. |
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Specifies settings for initializing and enforcing Virtual Secure Mode (VSM) for Virtualization Based Security (VBS). |
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New in Windows 11 23H2 Update (build 22631). Specifies settings for Windows Dynamic Lighting. |
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Manages the Troubleshooting icon that is located in the Action Center. |
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Controls the Windows Disk Diagnostic feature. |
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Contains settings for configuring the Domain Name System (DNS), a system for naming computers and network services that organizes them into a hierarchy of domains. |
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Specifies settings you can use to suppress OS elements that appear when Windows 10 Enterprise starts or resumes, or you can suppress the crash screen when the OS encounters an error that it cannot recover from. |
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Specifies settings that you can use to suppress UI elements that relate to the Welcome screen and shutdown screen. |
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Specifies settings you can use to replace the default OS shell with a custom shell. |
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Use unified write filter (UWF) settings in your device to help protect your physical storage media. |
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Specifies settings for encrypted drives (eDrives), also known as Encrypted Hard Disk Drives (eHDDs). |
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Specifies settings for error reporting. |
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Specifies settings for faxes, including how they are sent, received, viewed, and printed. |
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Specifies settings for GPIO buttons and indicators. |
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Specifies OEM information for a customized Help and Support page. |
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Contains network policy settings. |
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Specifies details about Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration (ESC). |
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Contains settings for Internet Explorer. |
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Includes the language and input locale settings for the system and the user. |
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Specifies the default language, locale, and other international settings to use during Windows Setup or Windows Deployment Services installations. |
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Includes settings related to the Windows User Account Controls (UAC). |
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Includes settings for controlling the maps that get displayed for certain countries/regions. |
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Contains a setting that specifies an override for the default Online Store provider for Windows Media Player. |
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Specifies settings for sensor devices or mechanisms. Examples of sensors include accelerometers, light sensors, temperature sensors, and location sensors. For Windows 10 or earlier. See Microsoft-Windows-Sensors-Core for Windows 11 or later. |
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Contains networking settings for NetBT. |
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Connects network segments and can create connections between different types of network media. |
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Includes settings for configuring and binding Network Load Balancing (NLB) to the adapters on an NLB cluster node. |
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Specifies details about the Windows Out-Of-Box Experience (OOBE) for end users. |
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Specifies settings to configure the Storage Area Network (SAN) policy. |
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Adds one or more out-of-box drivers to a Windows installation. (Drivers are added during the auditSystem configuration pass.) |
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Adds one or more out-of-box drivers to a Windows installation. (Drivers are added during the windowsPE configuration pass.) |
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Specifies whether all Plug and Play information persists during the generalize configuration pass. |
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Specifies the preferred power plan for the computer. |
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Configures actions that the print spooler service performs when the computer starts. |
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Specifies settings for sensor devices or mechanisms. Examples of sensors include accelerometers, light sensors, temperature sensors, and location sensors. New For Windows 11 Version 23H2 or later. |
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Provides Remote Access Service (RAS) for the user to remotely connect to a network. |
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Enables a user who has a computer problem to receive assistance from another person who is remotely located. |
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Optimizes BitLocker for PCs with hardware architectures such as System on a Chip (SoC). |
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Removes licensing values set during system installation and testing. |
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Handles the user experience for security licensing. |
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Specifies whether the Server Manager application opens when the end user logs on for the first time. |
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Contains settings to select the Windows image that you install, to configure the disk that you install Windows to, and to configure the Windows PE operating system. |
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Enables Internet connection sharing. |
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Contains elements and settings that control how the shell of the Windows operating system is installed on a destination computer. |
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Contains settings that enable you to set the default online printing company and define the icon and the text that appear in the Online Print Wizard. |
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Provides Server Message Block (SMB) integration and authentication for Windows client computers to access network printers and file systems that run on UNIX servers. |
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Enables the computer to process Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) requests. |
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Implements the Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP). |
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Customizes the power management applications that are provided to end users. |
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Configures flash storage devices such as USB keys and Secure Digital (SD) cards as supplemental memory caches. This can improve system responsiveness, especially on systems with less RAM or slower disks. |
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Contains settings to enable or disable ways to create restore points. |
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Contains settings to adjust the Tablet PC user interface. |
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Implements the Telephony API (TAPI). |
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Specifies the TCP/IP networking settings. |
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Specifies the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) port for RemoteApp and Desktop Connection Management. |
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Specifies the database path and the server role for the Terminal Services license server. |
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Contains settings for enabling remote desktop connections. |
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Configures the Terminal Services Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Provider. |
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Contains settings to implement the Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). |
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Configures how Terminal Services manages Client Access Licenses (CALs). |
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Enables a computer to join a domain during the specialize configuration pass. |
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Specifies advanced pen settings. |
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Contains settings for the Kernel-Mode Driver Framework (KMDF), used for device drivers. |
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Manages settings related to Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE). |
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Specifies the location of the radio feature when a wireless local area network (LAN) connection is used. |
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Creates and maintains client network connections to remote servers by using the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol. |
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Contains settings that are used to manage how the system searches for devices that use Media Transfer Protocol over Bluetooth (MTP/BT). |
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Implements settings related to Network list. |
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Contains settings for Windows Firewall, which can help protect computers by helping prevent unauthorized users from gaining access through the Internet or a network. |
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Contains settings for Microsoft Defender, which scans the computer for malicious third-party programs and other unwanted software. |
Deprecated and removed components
The following components are deprecated in Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016.
Deprecated. Use Microsoft-Windows-ServerManager-SvrMgrNc instead. |
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Microsoft-Windows-Security-Licensing-SLC |
Removed. Use Microsoft-Windows-Security-SPP instead. |
Microsoft-Windows-Security-Licensing-SLCC |
Removed. Do not use. |
Microsoft-Windows-Security-Licensing-SLC-UX |
Removed. Use Microsoft-Windows-Security-SPP-UX instead. |
Deprecated. Do not use. |
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UDDI-Setup |
Removed. Do not use. |
Microsoft-Windows-Store-Client-UI |
The component and setting have been removed. |
Microsoft-Windows-MigrationWizardApplication |
The component and setting have been removed. |
Microsoft-Windows-ehome-reg-inf |
Windows Media Center is no longer supported as of Windows 10. The component and settings have been removed. |