HideWirelessSetupInOOBE

HideWirelessSetupInOOBE specifies whether to hide the Network screen that appears during Windows Welcome.

During Windows Welcome, the Network screen prompts the end user to connect to a network when both of the following conditions are met:

HideWirelessSetupInOOBE is not set to true.
Windows is unable to determine that the computer is connected to the internet, whether because it's not connected to any network or because the connected network is configured in a way that prevents Windows from determining that the computer is connected to the internet.

Note

Despite the name, the Network page will be skipped if the computer has a wired connection to the internet.

Values

true

Hides the Network screen during Windows Welcome.

false

Does not hide the Network screen during Windows Welcome.

This is the default value.

oobeSystem

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

The following XML example shows how to set Windows Welcome to always hide the Network screen.

<OOBE>
  <HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>true</HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>
</OOBE>