Buhric Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Hi, got a strange question....I have this DELL laptopn with the Windows XP Home CDFor some reason it automaticaly creates an account named "Owner"I actualy want the account name to be something else.The problem is that I can't find on the CD how Dell creates that accountI verified the CMDLINES.TXT in the \$OEM$\ folderit point to an other batch file and installs a .INF filebut both of the files has no reference to the "Owner" accountand I also double checked the the WINNT.SIF and UNATTEND.TXTand I dont see any reference to any "Owner" accountSo I'm wondering who they managed to created this account.....Has a work arround, I actualy create a second account, put it as an Administatorand the delete the "Owner" account.But I would prefer if the "Owner" account was never created.Could some one point me to the right direction on where that account gets createdThanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsiMoon314 Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Hi,Creation of the "Owner" account seems to be automatic on Windows XP Home.With Windows XP Professional you can logon to the Administrator account which is not permitted on Windows XP Home (except in Safe Mode).I suspect that the post install process for XP Home simply creates this account for you as a starting point.You can use Control Panel -> User Accounts to create another logon which is more suited to your needs or perhaps a script could be used.Kind RegardsSimon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PC_LOAD_LETTER Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 First, create a new User (replace colored text with what you want to use)from a command prompt run this:net user Username Password /add /active:yes /EXPIRES:NEVER /passwordchg:no /fullname:"This is What Shows on the Welcome Screen"Add him to the Administrators group:net localgroup "Administrators" Username /add(optional) i also set the password expiry flag to never with the attached EXE file like so:netuser.exe Username /pwnexp:yThen after you have an account to setup the way you like:net user owner /active:nothat will disable the old 'Owner' accountnetuser.exe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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