Template - using Powershell to alter unattend.xml

Hi guys,

I'm working in an international environment, thus I would like to automate the different regional settings during the installation process.

I can determine the language setting by the IP address, as each country has a specific IP range.

I made up a Powershell script that fills variables according to the IP range :

# This scripts assigns the regional settings according to the current IP address range

# Find local IP address

$localIpAddress=((ipconfig | findstr [0-9].\.)[0]).Split()[-1]

if ($localIpAddress -match "10.90") {$OSDInputLocale="040c:0000040c";$OSDSystemLocale="fr-FR";$OSDUserLocale="fr-FR";$OSDTimeZone="Romance Standard Time"}

# French settings

elseif ($localIpAddress -match "10.80.") {$OSDInputLocale="DE-de";$OSDSystemLocale="DE-de";$OSDUserLocale="DE-de";$OSDTimeZone="W. Europe Standard Time"}

# German settings

else {$OSDInputLocale="0409:00000409";$OSDSystemLocale="en-US";$OSDUserLocale="en-US";$OSDTimeZone="Eastern Standard Time"}

# US settings - these are the default settings if the IP range is not defined above

The script works fine. But now the question :

How do I get the variables in the unattend.xml during the provisioning process ? Do I have to run the script in the template or do I have to call it in the unattend.xml ?

In my unattend.xml I put the following :

-<settings pass="oobeSystem">

Is this correct ?

Thanks for your input !

Michael