XP install hangs at Administrator account

[ericl23]

I am using Nlite to create XP install cd. I have tried to give the administrator a password and also have a blank password but it hangs at the administrator account when installing XP.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Eric

[Csimbi]

Post your INI files. (remove private data!)

[ericl23]

I uploaded my ini's.

Thanks

Eric

Last_Session_u.ini

Last_Session.ini

[Ponch]

What exactly do you mean by "hangs at the administrator account when installing XP" ? Is the install finished but you can't login ?

[ericl23]

During the installation it pauses where it prompts for the administrator password. If I click next it continues with the installation.

Doesn't matter if I configure Nlite to use a blank password or not it still prompts me.

Thx

Eric

[Martin H]

If you're refering to "during installation" and not "logon", then it's because you haven't defined a computer-name; you can e.g. use '*', which sets a random generated name(which is the owner first-name with a random number after)

[Csimbi]

Checked the INI file.

The "ComputerName = " is empty.

I could not find any user accounts apart from the built-in ones.

Create a real Admin account and make sure it's not the same as ComputerName in Last_Session_u.ini:

[Users]
Administrator|||True|Administrators|password|False|True|True
Guest|||False|Guests||True|False|False
MeMySelfAndI|||True|Administrators|mepassword|False|True|True

Then, set auto-login to MeMySelfAndI in Last_Session.ini:

[Unattended]
ComputerType = Automatic
AutoLogon = MeMySelfAndI
...

Edited August 21, 2009 by Csimbi

[ericl23]

I will try your suggestions!

Thanks

Eric

[Martin H]

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I could not find any user accounts apart from the built-in ones.

Create a real Admin account and make sure it's not the same as ComputerName in Last_Session_u.ini:

No offence, but that's a personal-preference and not related to the issue, though

(I use the built-in admin as primary account too...)

@ericl23

Just set the computer-name as i said and you'll be fine...