v0.92

Completed some tests with automatic installations. Bundled a small script with this tool to modify installation media.

english/In-Place_Upgrade_Helper.bat

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pause>nul|set/p=&echo(
 :mainmenu
 cls
 ECHO M-M-C's quick-n-dirty In-Place-Upgrade-Helper for Win10/11
-echo V0.91
+echo V0.92
 echo.
 echo Enter the number of your desired edition, press enter, choose an upgrade method, then press enter again.
 echo.
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ goto endofbatch
 :nosetupfound
 echo Setup.exe and/or Sources folder not found! Tool not copied to the installation files?
 echo Trying to use an external installation medium...
-set /p sourcespath=Please enter the path to the installation medium (e.g. F:\ or D:\unpackesISO\): 
+set /p sourcespath=Please enter the path to the installation medium (e.g. F:\ or D:\unpackedISO\): 
 goto premainmenu
 
 :nokeyselected

english/In-Place_Upgrade_Helper_readme.txt

@@ -69,14 +69,18 @@ The same of course also applies to Server 2022/2025.
 Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021 (and IoT/N) were tested with de-de_windows_10_enterprise_ltsc_2021_x64_dvd_71796d33.iso.
 
 BONUS:
-The folder "[optional]" contains a file that can be used to modify your installation medium for clean installations. Just copy EI.CFG to the sources folder.
-If you boot from the installation medium the EI.CFG enforces the setup to let you choose your edition for a clean installation, even if a license is found in the firmware. For example this can be useful to install Enterprise on a PC that came pre-installed with Home.
-While doing a clean install only the actually existing editions on the installation medium are shown, not the edition that can be generated. Generating addition edtions is only possible with an in-place-upgrade.
+The folder "[optional_install_media_mods]" contains a script to deactivate any installation requirements like TPM or secure boot.
+Additional info for EI.CFG: While doing a clean install only the actually existing editions on the installation medium are shown, not the edition that can be generated. Generating addition edtions is only possible with an in-place-upgrade.
 
-Also don't use an autounattend.xml or any other installation automation, this will break this tool!
+ONLY sources\$OEM$\$$\Panther\unattend.xml IS SUPPORTED!
+autounattend.xml in root folder or similar breaks In-Place_Upgrade_Helper.bat!
 
 
 Changelog:
+v0.92
+Did some tests with unattend.xml and autounattend.xml. Anything besides sources\$OEM$\$$\Panther\ breaks this tool, and that gave me some problems with some TPM-requirement workarounds...
+So I wrote a small extra script to modify the Windows installation files. Obviously this only works with extracted ISOs and USB-sticks, not mounted ISOs.
+
 v0.91
 Small changes to the main menu.
 

english/[optional_install_media_mods]/arm64/remove_install_requirements_and_ads.bat

@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+@echo off
+
+Rem Get admin rights
+>nul 2>&1 fsutil dirty query %systemdrive% && (goto gotAdmin) || (goto UACPrompt)
+:UACPrompt
+if exist "%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\Cscript.exe" (
+    echo Set UAC = CreateObject^("Shell.Application"^) : UAC.ShellExecute "%~s0", "", "", "runas", 1 > "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
+    cscript //nologo "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
+    exit /b
+) else (
+    powershell -Command "Start-Process -Verb RunAs -FilePath '%~s0'"
+    exit /b
+)
+:gotAdmin
+if exist "%temp%\getadmin.vbs" del "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
+pushd "%CD%" && CD /D "%~dp0"
+
+if not defined iammaximized (
+    set iammaximized=1
+    start /max "" "%0" "%*"
+    exit
+)
+
+cls
+Echo If this windows is not maximized please change the size manually.
+echo This is a know bug in Windows Terminal.
+echo.
+echo.
+SETLOCAL
+:premainmenu
+echo This script does the following:
+echo -copy EI.CFG to force the setup to let you choose your edition for a clean installation, even if a license is found in the firmware
+echo -remove installation requirements such as TPM or secure boot by adding the appropriate registry keys to boot.wim
+echo -remove MS-account requirements, even for Windows Home. Just disconnect internet during setup.
+echo -copy a souped up unattend.xml to sources\$OEM$\$$\Panther that does the following after the first boot:
+echo    -remove installation requirements such as TPM or secure boot by adding the appropriate registry keys to Windows
+echo    -disable ads, suggestions, recommendations and auto-installation of apps (Spotify, Candy Crush, MS Teams etc.) for new users
+echo                                                                           (in case of a clean install this applies to all users)
+echo.
+echo Everything is done with official registry keys, no hacks that might mess up future updates.
+echo.
+echo ONLY sources\$OEM$\$$\Panther\unattend.xml IS SUPPORTED!
+echo autounattend.xml in root folder or similar breaks In-Place_Upgrade_Helper.bat!
+echo.
+
+set "sourcespath="
+set /p sourcespath=Please enter the path to the WRITABLE installation medium (e.g. F:\ or D:\unpackedISO\): 
+
+if not exist "%sourcespath%"\setup.exe goto premainmenu
+if not exist "%sourcespath%"\sources\ goto premainmenu
+
+md "%temp%\mounttemp"
+dism /mount-wim /wimfile:"%sourcespath%\sources\boot.wim" /index:1 /mountdir:"%temp%\mounttemp"
+reg load HKLM\offline "%temp%\mounttemp\windows\system32\config\system"
+reg add HKLM\offline\Setup\LabConfig /v BypassTPMCheck /t reg_dword /d 0x00000001 /f
+reg add HKLM\offline\Setup\LabConfig /v BypassSecureBootCheck /t reg_dword /d 0x00000001 /f
+reg add HKLM\offline\Setup\LabConfig /v BypassRAMCheck /t reg_dword /d 0x00000001 /f
+reg add HKLM\offline\Setup\LabConfig /v BypassStorageCheck /t reg_dword /d 0x00000001 /f
+reg add HKLM\offline\Setup\LabConfig /v BypassCPUCheck /t reg_dword /d 0x00000001 /f
+reg add HKLM\offline\Setup\LabConfig /v BypassDiskCheck /t reg_dword /d 0x00000001 /f
+reg add HKLM\offline\Setup\MoSetup /v AllowUpgradesWithUnsupportedTPMOrCPU /t reg_dword /d 0x00000001 /f
+reg unload HKLM\offline
+dism /unmount-image /mountdir:"%temp%\mounttemp" /commit
+dism /mount-wim /wimfile:"%sourcespath%\sources\boot.wim" /index:2 /mountdir:"%temp%\mounttemp"
+reg load HKLM\offline "%temp%\mounttemp\windows\system32\config\system"
+reg add HKLM\offline\Setup\LabConfig /v BypassTPMCheck /t reg_dword /d 0x00000001 /f
+reg add HKLM\offline\Setup\LabConfig /v BypassSecureBootCheck /t reg_dword /d 0x00000001 /f
+reg add HKLM\offline\Setup\LabConfig /v BypassRAMCheck /t reg_dword /d 0x00000001 /f
+reg add HKLM\offline\Setup\LabConfig /v BypassStorageCheck /t reg_dword /d 0x00000001 /f
+reg add HKLM\offline\Setup\LabConfig /v BypassCPUCheck /t reg_dword /d 0x00000001 /f
+reg add HKLM\offline\Setup\LabConfig /v BypassDiskCheck /t reg_dword /d 0x00000001 /f
+reg add HKLM\offline\Setup\MoSetup /v AllowUpgradesWithUnsupportedTPMOrCPU /t reg_dword /d 0x00000001 /f
+reg unload HKLM\offline
+dism /unmount-image /mountdir:"%temp%\mounttemp" /commit
+rd /S /Q "%temp%\mounttemp\"
+md "%sourcespath%\sources\$OEM$\$$\Panther"
+del /f "%sourcesspath%\unattend.xml"
+del /f "%sourcespath%\autounattend.xml"
+del /f "%sourcespath%\sources\unattend.xml"
+del /f "%sourcespath%\sources\autounattend.xml"
+del /f "%sourcespath%\sources\$OEM$\$$\Panther\unattend.xml"
+del /f "%sourcespath%\sources\$OEM$\$$\Panther\autounattend.xml"
+copy .\sources\$OEM$\$$\Panther\unattend.xml "%sourcespath%\sources\$OEM$\$$\Panther\"
+del /f "%sourcespath%\sources\EI.CFG"
+copy .\sources\EI.CFG "%sourcespath%\sources\"
+echo.
+echo.
+echo.
+echo Done.
+echo Press any key to exit.
+echo.
+pause>nul|set/p=&echo(
+exit