Rename Administrator

[crawf]

Hi there everyone!

I just have discovered the wonderful world of unattended! But I just have a questions that's got me stumped, and im not sure if its even possible.

Even though this will not be a fully unattended method, I need to change the default Administrator's name on each unattended install. I need this because I will be using this on many computers for different people.

Using renuser, its quite simple.

renuser Administrator newName

After running this at cmdlines.txt, it seems to work okay, but I want it to run after XPlode (what i use to install programs, etc.) which is run ay guirunonce.

If I use renuser at guirunonce after XPlode, it simply does not work, because Administrator has already logged on.

Can I somehow change this so that it prompts to change the Adminstrator name AFTER XPlode? Just because its a pain to get a prompt in the middle of an unattended install, after the windows install, but before my XPlode install...

Do i need a dummy Admin account or something similar?

Thanks very much for your help!

-Crawf

[gosh]

I believe you can rename the admin name using the default security template.

-gosh

[Yzöwl]

You can!

You could create an .inf template file using

[System Access]
<snip>
NewAdministatorName="new name"

as part of it and use secedit to make the appropriate security changes.

Just bear in mind when making this change that the Profile Directory 'Administrator' will remain.

[crawf]

Thanks for the replies!

So where is the default security template? Sorry for my ignorance!

And thanks Yzöwl, shame about it cannot rename the profile, but i guess i'll have to put up with that! And does that code enable a prompt to enter the new name? It's just that i need to change it every install, rather than a set variable.

Thanks again!

-Crawf