tweed Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 (edited) OBJECTIVE: to have 'Administrator' as the only user with NO password set on fully inattended install.I worked with nLite for a while and learned a lot. I plan to do a few things MANUALLY [not using nLite] to create a fully unattended install with the deploy stuff for XP pro final official SP2 [not slipstreamed] corporate.After the install when I install programs I'd like Administrator to be automatically put in the user field for the program I'm installing as many of them audtomatically do. I get an asterick instead as the default name for some program installs which is a concern. Why I'd like to know...When I used nLite Before creating ISO I edited the winnt.sif as below.IF I did NOT put the asterick in the winnt.sif [GuiUnattended]AdminPassword = *I would get an error dialog box which would force me to NAME the user ...I was removing the password as when I would install programs it would pop in an asterick as the NAME of the user for the install of the program.. ! Could a guru here tell me IF it's possible to have Administrator with NO password in a fully unattended install and WHEN I install a program after install have 'Administrator' as the user name for the program install.Main problem is HAVING to put the asterick * for the admin password and then leaving admin name blank as nLite does GuestName = ""AdminName = ""Causes me to get an Asterick * as the user name when I install programs.... What exactly is nLite doing with the Options list below??Hope that's clear enough...HUGE thanks for reading.... this one's really stopped me cold.--------- WINNT.SIF sections -------[unattended]UnattendMode = FullUnattendedUnattendSwitch = YesOemPreinstall = YesOemSkipEula = YesTargetPath = "SYSTEM"ProgramFilesDir = "D:\Applications"CommonProgramFilesDir = "D:\Applications\Common"FileSystem = *WaitForReboot = NoNoWaitAfterTextMode = 1NoWaitAfterGUIMode = 1DriverSigningPolicy = IgnoreNonDriverSigningPolicy = IgnoreHibernation = No[GuiUnattended]ProfilesDir = "D:\Users"AutoLogon = YesEncryptedAdminPassword = NoAdminPassword = *TimeZone = 085OEMSkipRegional = 1OemSkipWelcome = 1------------ nlite Last session section ----- [TargetPath was renamed to > "SYSTEM" before creating ISO][Options]GuestName = ""AdminName = ""ProfilesDir = "%SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings"ProgFilesPath = "C:\Program Files"TargetPath = "WINDOWS"temp_dir = %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\TempAdvTweaksisovol = WinLiteisoatt = -allow-multidot -relaxed-filenames -allow-leading-dots -N -l -d -D -joliet-long -duplicates-once -no-emul-boot -b boot.bin -hide boot.bin -hide boot.catalog-------------- Edited February 18, 2006 by tweed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takeshi Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 I don't know if it's related to nLite but if you don't use nLite then AdminPassword = *should work for a blank password and you won't have to bother with the AdminName entry at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweed Posted February 18, 2006 Author Share Posted February 18, 2006 TOPLINE: the problem is that the Asterick become the name that some programs audoymatically put in for your acceptance [or you can change] WHEN you install a program manually [just regular program install] after installing XPThanks...yeah, nLite IS a variable at this point as I've not created a fully manual winnt.sif....JUst to take the other side I'd GUESS that whatever I do IF I put this [and what above in my post here] IN the .sif I might get the NAME being asterick .... This is WHEN I install a program manually AFTER installing XP..Cool!Any ideas on this....??Can I be JUSt the Administrator and NOT have asterick do funny stuff like above....I'd better just go for it rather than try to detail it all here...Just keen to have ONLY one userAdministrator ....with NO name and NO password...thanks!So at thi IF I do AdminPassword = * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsmokingman Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 Try this reg file it allows for the admin account to show up on the logon screenFill in this color text with the name you wantWindows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList]"HelpAssistant"=dword:00000000"TsInternetUser"=dword:00000000"SQLAgentCmdExec"=dword:00000000"NetShowServices"=dword:00000000"IWAM_"=dword:00010000"IUSR_"=dword:00010000"VUSR_"=dword:00010000"PLACE_NAME_HERE"=dword:00000001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takeshi Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 Just do a run without nLite, start from scratch and you'll find it IS perfectly possible to have only Administrator with blank pw.What I'm not clear from reading your description, is whether your nLited unattended install has somehow changed the Administrator name to *. When program setup runs it checks in the registry for the default user name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweed Posted February 19, 2006 Author Share Posted February 19, 2006 MOSt cool.... thanks....I'll try a manual vibe tonight and write back hopefully CLEARLY hehehe ..So again.. major THAnks GENTS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweed Posted February 20, 2006 Author Share Posted February 20, 2006 (edited) Hi! Edited my winnt.sif all went well as unattended though when I install programs I get the asterick for the user name. as in photo below.Any ideas why? Edited February 20, 2006 by tweed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takeshi Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 1. Is the Administrator account still called Administrator?2. What does it have under this key?HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersionRegisteredOwner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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