Mode (Standard 7 Package Reference)

7/8/2014

Mode modifies the Reseal setting, and indicates the mode in which the computer starts: the audit mode or Out-of-Box-Experience (OOBE), also called Windows Welcome. For more information about modes, see the Image Builder Configuration Passes topic.

Reseal is a special-case setting. It is processed before any other setting in the configuration pass. In some scenarios, it instructs Windows Setup either to process or to ignore all other settings in that configuration pass before starting another configuration pass. The following table provides scenarios for each combination of configuration pass, mode, and forced-shutdown behavior. When a configuration pass has more than one result, the table lists the results in the order that they take place.

Configuration pass

Mode value

ForceShutdownNow value

Result

auditSystem

Audit

false

Starts the auditSystem configuration pass.

auditSystem

Audit

true

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Unsupported. Do not use. Sets the computer into a loop of reboots.

auditSystem

OOBE

false

  1. Ignores all other auditSystem configuration pass settings.
  2. Starts the oobeSystem configuration pass.

auditSystem

OOBE

true

  1. Ignores all other auditSystem configuration pass settings.
  2. Prepares Windows Setup to start the oobeSystem configuration pass.
  3. Shuts the computer down immediately with no end-user interaction.

auditUser

Audit

false

  1. Processes all other auditUser configuration pass settings.
  2. Prepares Windows Setup to start the auditSystem configuration pass.
  3. Restarts the computer.

auditUser

Audit

true

  1. Processes all other settings in the auditUser configuration pass.
  2. Prepares Windows Setup to start the auditSystem configuration pass.
  3. Shuts the computer down immediately with no end-user interaction

auditUser

OOBE

false

  1. Processes all other settings in the auditUser configuration pass.
  2. Prepares Windows Setup to start the oobeSystem configuration pass.
  3. Restarts the computer.

auditUser

OOBE

true

  1. Processes all other settings in the auditUser configuration pass.
  2. Prepares Windows Setup to start the oobeSystem configuration pass.
  3. Shuts the computer down immediately with no end-user interaction

oobeSystem

Audit

false

  1. Ignores all other oobeSystem configuration pass settings.
  2. Starts the auditSystem configuration pass.

oobeSystem

Audit

true

  1. Ignores all other oobeSystem configuration pass settings.
  2. Prepares Windows Setup to start the auditSystem configuration pass.
  3. Shuts the computer down immediately with no end-user interaction

oobeSystem

OOBE

false

Starts the oobeSystem configuration pass.

oobeSystem

OOBE

true

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Unsupported. Do not use. Sets the computer into a loop of reboots.

Values

Audit

Specifies that the computer starts in audit mode.

OOBE

Specifies that the computer starts in OOBE mode.

(no value / default)

  • During the auditSystem configuration pass, if Mode is not specified, then Mode defaults to Audit.
  • During the auditUser configuration pass, if Mode is not specified, then the computer shows the Sysprep tool's user interface (UI), prompting the user to select between Audit or OOBE mode.
  • During the oobeSystem configuration pass, if Mode is not specified, then Mode defaults to OOBE.

The default value for this setting is OOBE.

Valid Passes

auditSystem

auditUser

oobeSystem