UnattendMode
Values: GuiAttended | ProvideDefault | DefaultHide | ReadOnly | FullUnattended
UnattendMode defines the unattended Setup mode to be used during GUI-mode Setup. The default value is DefaultHide when the key is not specified. When this key is specified, text-mode Setup is fully automated with or without the necessary answers.
where:
•GuiAttended specifies that the GUI-mode section of Setup is attended. When specified, the end user is required to answer all questions in the GUI-mode portion of Setup before Setup finishes. This mode is useful in preinstallation scenarios in which the OEM or administrator wants to automate only text-mode Setup.
•ProvideDefault specifies that answers in the answer file are defaults. In this case, Setup displays these default answers to the user, who may change them if desired. This approach is useful in preinstallation scenarios where the OEM or administrator wants to give the person setting up the computer the option to change the predefined default answers (especially network options).
•DefaultHide specifies that answers in the answer file are defaults. Unlike the ProvideDefault value, Setup does not display the user interface to end users if all the answers relating to a particular wizard page are specified in the answer file. If only subsets of the answers on a page are specified, the page is displayed with the provided answers. The user can modify any of the answers on the displayed page. This approach is useful in deployment scenarios where an administrator may only want end users to provide the administrator password on the computer. This behavior is the default if unattended Setup mode is not specified.
•ReadOnly specifies that answers in the answer file are read-only if the wizard pages containing these answers are displayed to the end user. Just like the DefaultHide parameter, no user interface appears if all answers on a page are supplied in the answer file. Unlike the DefaultHide parameter, however, the user can only specify new answers on a displayed page. This approach is useful in scenarios where an administrator wants to force specific answers on one page but not others.
•FullUnattended specifies that GUI-mode Setup is fully unattended. If a required Setup answer is not specified in the answer file, an error is generated. This behavior is useful in deployment scenarios where a complete hands-off installation is required.