I want to add myself as a user automatically with useraccounts.cmd and autologin.reg as referenced in the MSFN guide. How do I specify no password? Do I use "DefaultPassword"="" or "DefaultPassword"="*" in the regfile? In the cmd file do I just leave a space after the name; "net user John /add"? Or, should I place a single asterisk there or delete the space all together?

NO

It is not possible to use autologin without a password

You must use one

BTW

if you use autologin why don't you want to put a password to your user

if you use the autologin there is no problem using a password

you'll never have to type it so...

I don't see what's really your problem???

Okay thanks. The one and only user is myself. My current setup does not require a password and I also have it set to autologin. This was achieved using TweakUI after install. I just wanted to recreate that during my unattended install. I guess with autologin, having a password is no big deal.

NO

It is not possible to use autologin without a password

You must use one

Hmm, seems to work fine for me.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"DefaultUserName"="No Password User"
"DefaultPassword"=""
"AutoAdminLogon"="1"
"ForceAutoLogon"="1"

if it works on yours it's ok,

i was sure (after seeing many posts and www sites) that you had to put a password in the DefaultPassword string

just for the comprehension is the "No Password User" the real string you use or it means a username ?

If I'm wrong happy to learn something new

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"DefaultUserName"="No Password User"
"DefaultPassword"=""
"AutoAdminLogon"="1"
"ForceAutoLogon"="1"

IcemanND,

Is that a space between the quotes for password or should I just put nothing there?

"No Password User" can be any valid user name on the machine and there is no space between the quotes.

NO

It is not possible to use autologin without a password

You must use one

Hmm, seems to work fine for me.

here too...

but you can't create accessible network shares in SP2, if you didn't specify a user password before (only worked with SP1). SP2 just allows password protected shares!