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SkipMachineOOBE

Applies To: Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Vista

SkipMachineOOBE specifies whether to skip Windows® Welcome.

Important

This setting has been deprecated in Windows® 8. The information about this deprecated setting is provided for reference only.
SkipMachineOOBE should be used only in a test environment, and you should never ship a computer with the SkipMachineOOBE setting configured to true.
If you use this setting in Windows® 7, Windows Welcome will be skipped, and any settings that a user selects during Windows Welcome will not be configured. For example, user-account creation, language, and time-zone settings will not be configured. Some Windows features may not function, as they depend on Windows Welcome values such as ProtectYourPC, which does not include a default value.
To skip Windows Welcome, we recommend that you:

  • Add values for Windows Welcome screens. For information, see Settings for Automating OOBE.

    -or-

  • Boot to audit mode. For information, see Microsoft-Windows-Deployment\Reseal.

Values

true

Specifies that Windows Welcome is skipped. This value should be used only for testing purposes.

false

Specifies that Windows Welcome is shown. This is the default value.

Valid Configuration Passes

oobeSystem

Parent Hierarchy

Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup | OOBE | SkipMachineOOBE

Applies To

For a list of the supported Windows editions and architectures that this component supports, see Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup.

XML Example

The following XML output shows how to set OOBE information for testing.

<OOBE>
   <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>
   <NetworkLocation>Other</NetworkLocation>
   <ProtectYourPC>3</ProtectYourPC>
   <SkipMachineOOBE>true</SkipMachineOOBE>
   <SkipUserOOBE>true</SkipUserOOBE>
</OOBE>

See Also

Concepts

OOBE