I rename the Admin and use it

[wolfshade]

i use renuser app to rename the admin user created by default but the dir in C:\Documents and Settings stays the same name "Administrator" -- at what point and how can i rename this dir too?

[GreenMachine]

Rename user before reboot (e.g. CMDLINES.TXT, not GuiRunOnce), and the directory will have the correct name.

[wolfshade]

Dang not the cmdlines again i have to mke a new test righ about now with [COMMANDS] instaed of [Commands] and "installs.cmd" instead of ".\installs.cmd" cuz the last time cmdlines didn't run at all. What i read it has something to do with sysprep.inf wich doesn't exist in my unattend at all.

[GreenMachine]

As you like ... but I would (and did) master the CMDLINES stuff before going on to the next step. I prefer to spend the efforts resolving the problem than looking for the work around. In the end, I always find it easier for this tired brain to follow ...

[wolfshade]

lemme get this straight will the setup see my other NTFS partitions during T-12 stage(cmdlines)???

[GreenMachine]

Yes

[rustycaps]

Is it alright to add/ask something in here as an extra question relating to the main one?

As GreenMachine said a few posts ago,

Rename user before reboot (e.g. CMDLINES.TXT, not GuiRunOnce), and the directory will have the correct name.

will this have any effect on the winnt.sif autologon as admin routine, as the admin account has been renamed?

Or would I just add the line "AccountName" = "rusty" for example, where rusty is the renamed administrator account?

[wolfshade]

the effect on me is that i receive an error message that it cannot log under current user/domain or something with the password when i rename the Administrator account and the reg tweak doesn't work either

i guess i have to do the setup w/o setting password and set passworf from batch in GUIRunOnce.

\/\/ well no if u rename the admin somehow the path stick allthough the dir names doesn't change from admin to username(u have to set that name in cmdlines so the dir will auto change too\/\/

Edited June 13, 2004 by wolfshade

[rustycaps]

I was mainly thinking of it's effect on the admin autologon, but then I remembered that I have a reg file that sets the shell folders, i.e. favorites, My Documents, etc, and most of the entries in it are c:\d&s\administrator, so would I just need to change them to the new username for them to work then? I suppose I could just have them in %userprofile% mode instead, as that's what the UserShellFolders reg entry has.

[<SparTacuS>]

Can I just put all your minds at rest?

If you follow the section in the official guide

Here

and do it exactly as it says it will all work perfectly.

The main Admin account is removed, a new one created with your name, and this account is the one used for all the subsequent autologons etc.

[Alanoll]

i surely hope you honestly believe if you follow that page exactly, that your Administrator accout is removed.....

[wolfshade]

so what are u saying allanol is that i can't simply rename the administrator account but i have to make a user member of administrators and delete\disable or something the administrator account somehow?

[Alanoll]

deleting the account is easy.....

and you could go that route...

but I was just commenting to <SparTacuS> who though creating a new one meant the Administrator account went bye bye. it doesn't.

[wolfshade]

I tested what <SparTacuS> said (http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/autologon.htm) and it went O.K. but what u said Allanol is that the "Administartor" account is still out here(ready to be hacked) -- i found that the administartor is administartor stays on(built-in).

I wonder why i simply can't rename it and use it???

this administrator account seems to me to be an invitation for "Guest administrators" worldwide

Edited June 14, 2004 by wolfshade

[wolfshade]

deleting the account is easy.....

HOW??? it saiz its built-in and cannot be deleted.

I can disable it but wont it have side effects like what user will i use in repair console when it asks???:

net user administrator /active:no

and what effect will it have if i use this before anything in cmdlines.txt(will it affect the "default user"?)

EDITED:about the one below:LOL i never thought of renaming administartor to guest at t-12 stage but i don't think it will work...

...I want just an account:MINE!

Edited June 14, 2004 by wolfshade