Hi, I'm trying to make an unattended install of windows xp SP2. I need to know how to change Administrator name & change the cluster size to 16 k instead of default 4k:)

Thank you

I don't know if this will work because I haven't tried it.

But I call a file in cmdlines.txt to set up accounts.

accounts.bat

net user administrator /delete
net user newadmin password /add
net localgroup Administrators newadmin /add

I don't know if this will work because I haven't tried it.

But I call a file in cmdlines.txt to set up accounts.

accounts.bat

net user administrator /delete
net user newadmin password /add
net localgroup Administrators newadmin /add

That won't work, because Administrator is a built-in account, so you can't delete it. There are alot of programs to rename the Administrator account. Just search.

I rename the Administrator account and Guest account using SECEDIT.EXE while I am setting local computer security policies. Works well every time.

To change cluster size is more complex - its best to use partition magic or something manually....

But if you do need to do something about it, check out "fsutil" - run it from a command prompt.

And as for the Admin name change, the netuser.exe tool is an easy way to do it.

netuser Administrator /name:NEWNAME

A search of the forum will bring up the download.

@prathapml,

the netuser.exe command given by you or the actual exe when executed gives the same info. but it doesnt work for me. dunno y?

Can't you use net user to modify the names of accounts?

"net user" is a command obtained from NET.exe - it doesn't allow you to rename built-in accounts.

Administrator and guest are built-in accounts.

I use netuser.exe to rename both accounts to improve security (because known user accounts is a security hole).

Ok but you can use net user to rename non built in users?

I know that you can rename built in accounts using computer managment..is that not connected with net.exe at all?

And as for the Admin name change,  the netuser.exe tool is an easy way to do it.

netuser Administrator /name:NEWNAME

A search of the forum will bring up the download.

So does this work?

Its been posted BECAUSE it works.

Working fine since over a year here.