Disable "Let Cortana help you get things done" during OOBE

PrabuMDT 101

Hi All,
Could you please advise how the Cortana window "Let Cortana help you get things done" can be hidden during OOBE pass.
OS: Windows 10 2004 x64 Pro
PS: I only need the create new user account in the OOBE. I am able to hide all other windows except Cortana in unattend.xml.

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PrabuMDT 101 Reputation points

2020-09-24T06:55:20.14+00:00

Hi CarlFan-MSFT ,

Setting skipUserOOBE or skipMachineOOBE to 'true' will completely skipping the OOBE screens.

Set value "DIsableVoice" under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\OOBE to 1 (DWORD) and Cortana will stop talking. - This disables only the Voice.

I found the below registry key which worked for me, thanks

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Test\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search]
"AllowCortana"=dword:00000000
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Carl Fan 6,856 Reputation points

2020-09-24T07:33:24.167+00:00

Hi,
Glad to hear that you have found a solution and thank you for sharing it here, it will be helpful to other community members who have same questions.
If any further help needed, please feel free to post back.
Best Regards,
Carl

Nicolas Lenoir 0 Reputation points

2024-10-29T09:13:19.5133333+00:00

Hello, you say: "Setting skipUserOOBE or skipMachineOOBE to "true" will completely ignore the OOBE screens"... so not only does this prevent the user and password entry window as he requested, but this method is also deprecated....if we look closely at his question (which is in the title), he simply asks to disable the Cortana help suggestion window (skip) so that it does not appear, disabling the Cortana voice does not prevent this window from being removed during OOBE. By the way, if you have an answer to this question concerning the method to modify the unattend.xml file in order to remove this window, I am interested :) attached is the window in question: I also talk about it in this topic:

https://openclassrooms.com/forum/sujet/image-windows-10-unattend-xml-incomplet#message-94308652

Thanks ;)
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Carl Fan 6,856 Reputation points

2020-09-24T06:48:53.47+00:00

Hi,
Have you set SkipUserOOBE or skipMachineOOBE to 'true' to check?
According to the official website, I only find how to disable/skip Cortana voice.
Set value "DIsableVoice" under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\OOBE to 1 (DWORD) and Cortana will stop talking.
The information below may be helpful.
https://keithga.wordpress.com/2017/12/11/silence-is-golden-during-setup/
Hope this helps and please help to accept as Answer if the response is useful.
Best Regards,
Carl
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