"Owner" User

[LeoK3NT]

I have been using the MSFN's Unattended installation guide to make an XP Home CD for my laptop. I have used the Net User method to create a user "Leo" and have setup autologon for this user.

I have tested this on Virtual PC '04 and the user "Leo" has certainly been created, but a user called "Owner" has been created at a later date. I know this because the autologon's DefaultUserName has been changed to "Owner" and yet the password remains as it was when I set it in autologon.reg. Can anyone tell me how to prevent the user "Owner" being created, or how to rename it to Leo so I don't have to create a new user?

cmdlines.txt:

[COMMANDS]
"useraccounts.cmd"
"rundll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection nLite.inf,nLiteReg"
"RunOnceEx.cmd"

useraccounts.cmd:

net user Leo removed /add
net localgroup Administrators Leo /add
net accounts /maxpwage:unlimited
REGEDIT /S autologon.reg
EXIT

autologon.reg:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"DefaultUserName"="Leo"
"DefaultPassword"="removed"
"AutoAdminLogon"="1"

[jrf2027]

Sounds like you must have an OEM-customized installation - what are the exact contents of your $OEM$ directory?

[LeoK3NT]

I created all of the $OEM$ folder contents.

-$OEM$

--cmdlines.txt

--autologon.cmd

--RunOnceEx.cmd

--useraccounts.cmd

--$1

---drivers

----//drivers here

--$$

---system32

----wpa.dbl

----cmdow.exe

[T D]

Owner is made with UnattendSwitch=Yes in winnt.sif, even if u do use "net user xxxx /add". What I do, I autologon once as administrator and use useraccounts.cmd there, also with a "net user Owner /delete" command.

Edited July 28, 2006 by T D

[LeoK3NT]

So if I put the following in my winnt.sif under [GuiUnattended], it should logon to the Admin account instead of "Owner":

AutoLogon=Yes
AutoLogonCount=1

I guess I can just setup a RunOnceEx to delete the "Owner" account and create my own username?

[T D]

Yep. But u HAVE to set in deployment tools setupmgr.exe to autologon Administrator at least once. Otherwise, it will login as Owner and u won't be able to delete user Owner as ur PC is logged on as Owner.

Sounds complicated this post, but easy to grasp.

[LeoK3NT]

Thanks for the help, is there anyway to prevent the Owner user from being created in the first place.

[T D]

In winnt.sif,

UnattendSwitch=No

But then ull be prompted w/that really annoying blue screen, "lets spend a few minuted setting up ur computer".

Edited July 29, 2006 by T D

[Takeshi]

That's a bit odd: I also have UnattendSwitch=Yes but didn't have Owner created. Have a look at your nLite settings.

If nLite is not to blame, you can try putting net user Owner /delete in the useraccounts.cmd.

[Guest WebMadman]

Edited July 31, 2006 by WebMadman

[T D]

Owner is created while that stupid OOBE screen is on or right after setup, before rebooting so u'd have to del it via GuiRunOnce or ROE.

[Guest WebMadman]

Edited July 31, 2006 by WebMadman