I am trying to create an unattended install for a workstation and have it join a domain. I am also trying to set the password for the local administrator account. Half way through my install I am prompted with a dialog box that states:

Setup was unable to change the password for user account Administrator. Please enter the desired password again.

I didn’t get this error before I was join the computer to the domain. If I press enter I am able to get past the message. After setup competes I can only login with a domain user account. The local Administrator account is disabled.

I would like to use the auto login option but this doesn’t seem possible because the local Administrator account is disabled.

I would really like to set the auto login to use a domain administrator account so I can install applications from the server. Does any know a way to accomplish this?

Any feedback or suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks

hi, I have the same problem,

in sif file:

[data]
   DisableAdminAccountOnDomainJoin = 1

[Identification]
    JoinDomain=%MACHINEDOMAIN%
    DoOldStyleDomainJoin=Yes

[GuiUnattended]
   AutoLogon=YES
   AutoLogonCount=1

this ad the computer in the domain, but does not autologin. I want to login with the domain administrator account, because I want to install applications under this account and not under local administrator.

The problem is that the pc after installation doesn't login because the local administrator is disabled. That's good, but why doesn't the autologin works with domain administrator??

Anyone??

Greetz

So using the autologon reg outlined here doenst work if you replace the name with 'DomainDame\DomainLogonAccount'?

Did you add your account as admin?

yes I tried, the administrator was added as local administrator. The problem then is that the local administrator is autologged on. I want it so that the domain/administrator is logged in automaticly.......

This works for me as long as the local admin password is the same as the domain admin password.

[GuiUnattended]
    OEMSkipRegional=1
;     EncryptedAdminPassword=No
    TimeZone="235"
    OemSkipWelcome=1
    AutoLogon="Yes"
    AutoLogonCount=2
    AdminPassword=xxxx  ; Local administrator password

[Identification]
   JoinDomain=Domain
   DomainAdmin=Domain\Administrator
   DomainAdminPassword=xxxx

Check out my topic here: Random Admin Password Unattended Setup

Hope this help!

I have it working now:

1 - Every domain user can press f12 for installing Pc via RIS ->

2 - Windows XP is installed ->

3 - Domain/administrator logs in automatic->

4- apps are being installed under domain/administrator account ->

5- clean temp directories ->

6- domain/administrator ->

FINISH!

All further reg tweaks are being applied in domain GPO's

ristndrd.sif

[GuiUnattended]
    OemSkipWelcome=1
    OemSkipRegional=1
    TimeZone=110
    AdminPassword=<your password her>
    EncryptedAdminPassword=no
    AutoLogon=Yes
    AutoLogonCount=1

cmdlines.txt:

[COMMANDS]
"Login.cmd"
"RunOnceEx.cmd"

login.cmd

cmdow @ /HID
@echo off

REGEDIT /S domain.reg


EXIT

domain.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"DefaultDomainName"="domainname"

Hi all,

I'm also having issues with the error stated above when using SMS OSD FP. During sysprep we receive the error:

"setup was unable to change the password for user account *our renamed admin account*. Please enter the desired password again.

Here's what our inf looks like:

[GuiUnattended]

AdminPassword="our desired password"

EncryptedAdminPassword=NO

OEMSkipRegional=1

TimeZone=20

OemSkipWelcome=1

[identification]

JoinDomain=XXXX

Funny thing is, if we hit ok and type the password in the field, it works.

Now, keep in mind... I took this over from someone who is "no longer with the company" but a couple of us have been playing with this for some time now and can't seem to make this happen. This is our only hangup, all drivers and everything else are working flawlessly after I changed a few things...

Any help would be greatly appreciated, and thanks in advance.

T

Digitalid99

I am having this issue as well. I cannot join the domain - due to error during setup.

"Setup was unable to change the password for user account Administrator. Please enter desired password again."

Not sure why it is trying to change the password. And after pressing enter it doesn't allow me to enter the "desired password." I tried Dahi's solution of keeping the local and domain admin passwords the same. It doesn't work. Can someone take a look at my SIF file let me know if you have any solutions. Thanks much.

[code];SetupMgrTag
[Data]
AutoPartition=1
MsDosInitiated="0"
UnattendedInstall="Yes"
AutomaticUpdates="Yes"

[Unattended]
UnattendMode=FullUnattended
OemSkipEula=Yes
OemPreinstall=Yes
UnattendSwitch="yes"
AutoActivate = Yes
TargetPath=\WINDOWS
OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\000_Chipset\Intel865GGV;Drivers\001_NIC\Broadcom;Drivers\001_NIC\Intel_Pro;Drivers\001_NIC\NetXtreme_Gigabit;Drivers\002_Graphics\Compaq_Desktop_Graphics;Drivers\002_Graphics\Intel865GGV;Drivers\003_Audio\SoundMax;Drivers\003_Audio\ADI_AC97"

DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore

[GuiUnattended]
EncryptedAdminPassword=yes
AutoLogon=Yes
AutoLogonCount=1
OEMSkipRegional=1
TimeZone=35
OemSkipWelcome=1
AdminPassword="password"

[UserData]
ProductKey=*
FullName="Network Operations"
OrgName="GDC"
ComputerName=*

[TapiLocation]
CountryCode=1

[Identification]
JoinDomain=GDC.INT
DomainAdmin=GDC\Administrator
DomainAdminPassword="password"

[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[Branding]
BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes

[Proxy]
Proxy_Enable=0
Use_Same_Proxy=0


[WindowsFirewall]
Profiles = WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall

[WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall]
Mode = 0[/code]

Edited April 6, 200620 yr by Phoenix_Remind