Problem with automatic user account creation?

[jdub]

I've noticed that for awhile in nLite when I create a user account as part of the administrator group and set it to autologon it causes problems with the user account permissions. While the account shows up as an admin installing some programs after windows is running throws the error about permissions etc. Is this a known problem? Is there a solution? It's been happening even with the latest version of nLite.

[johnhc]

jdub, it is not a known problem to me. I create an administrator account and AutoLog it with no such problem. So, please attach (not paste) your Last Session.ini. Make sure to always start with a fresh copy of your CD files/folders, do all your work in one nLite session and integrate only one SP. Please report when you have a solution, so others can benefit. Enjoy, John.

[jdub]

I always start with a fresh source. I use an image I got from college of WinXP Pro SP2, might be corporate edition since it doesn't bug me about activation. I mount the image in daemon tools each time I make a new install cd. I integrate SP3 these days but this problem happened before sp3.

LAST_SESSION.ini (6 KB)

I've made a bunch of discs and I usually try something a little different each time in the hopes of finding a solution but no go. Almost universally when I mess with the password/autologon option it screws things up and tries to logon as the wrong user or prompts for a password when there is none etc ad infinitum.

I'm guessing its either something on the source image was a little bit changed since it was for college kids to download and/or nLites parsing of windows method of managing those options/features isn't replete. If I find a solution I'll share but I was hoping this was a known issue or there'd be a faq about it. =/

LAST_SESSION.INI

[johnhc]

jdub, in the future, please don't post your Last Session as an image. And best if you remove it - my AV went off on it and called it a malicious site. I also suspect your source. Please post a Windows Explorer screen shot of the CD. Enjoy, John.

[jdub]

What?

I attached the last session.ini to both to the forums and to a separate site in case someone who hasn't registered wants to look at it or the forums have problems. I did not post it as a picture.

If your AV went off its not my fault. Check your firewall/av settings to see if its heuristics are on very high, it probably gives a warning for any ini file. At any rate theres nothing in that ini that could mess up anyones computer. It might reference a few things or use a few words that AV scanners flag under their heuristics though.