OroS Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbm Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 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.batnet user administrator /deletenet user newadmin password /addnet localgroup Administrators newadmin /add Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 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.batnet user administrator /deletenet user newadmin password /addnet localgroup Administrators newadmin /addThat 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tguy Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 I rename the Administrator account and Guest account using SECEDIT.EXE while I am setting local computer security policies. Works well every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prathapml Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 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:NEWNAMEA search of the forum will bring up the download. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanjaykumar Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 @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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHANDER Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 Can't you use net user to modify the names of accounts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prathapml Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 "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). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHANDER Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unosys Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 And as for the Admin name change, the netuser.exe tool is an easy way to do it.netuser Administrator /name:NEWNAMEA search of the forum will bring up the download.So does this work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prathapml Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 Its been posted BECAUSE it works. Working fine since over a year here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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