Login as ADMIN on first boot

[mehargags]

Hi,

May be this has been asked before but I c'd not spot it. Is it possible to make an unattended install of Vista which can Just ENABLE ADMINISTRATOR & login straight as ADMINISTRATOR without running that OOBE@#$# or whatever "first login" sequence is called. I guess it will save me atleast 10 mins on my home PC where i always need to be logged in as Administrator.

another tip i needed, is it possible to disable UAC at install time ? but more importantly, I need my ADMINISTRATOR a/c preactivated during install time.

Thx

[maxXPsoft]

If you doing this by DVD

Then you need both of my posts for 2 answers

Admin look here http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=84696 but don't read past my first post there cause what I put there works

Disable UAC at Install short of using vlite or something look here http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=90863

Now, If these work for you then you must do 2 things

REPLY to both to bring them back to top, ok

These are the 100% short answers, results of nearly 100 installs, not crappy VM. Yes I do test severely the real way with Dvd-RW.

Edited February 28, 2007 by maxXPsoft

[MAVERICKS CHOICE]

Max

Thanks for sharing this with us.

When I look at your posted Admin account xml sample it appears to have all settings included, Autologon as well.

I cannot see the OOBE system option to include Autologon in section 7?

If you look at my sample xml below has two sections, 4 to select Autologon & Sect 7 to unhide & use the admin acc. Hope I'm being clear.

</WindowsFeatures>
<AutoLogon>
<Enabled>true</Enabled>
<LogonCount>1</LogonCount>
<Username>Administrator</Username>
<Password>
<Value>UABhAHMAcwB3AG8AcgBkAA==</Value>
<PlainText>false</PlainText>
</Password>
</AutoLogon>
<RegisteredOrganization>Micks</RegisteredOrganization>
<RegisteredOwner>Mick</RegisteredOwner>
<TimeZone>AUS Eastern Standard Time</TimeZone>
<StartPanelOff>true</StartPanelOff>
<ComputerName>Micks</ComputerName>
</component>
</settings>
<settings pass="oobeSystem">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<TimeZone>AUS Eastern Standard Time</TimeZone>
<VisualEffects>
<FontSmoothing>ClearType</FontSmoothing>
</VisualEffects>
<RegisteredOwner>Mick</RegisteredOwner>
<RegisteredOrganization>Micks</RegisteredOrganization>
<StartPanelOff>true</StartPanelOff>
<OOBE>
<HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>
<NetworkLocation>Other</NetworkLocation>
<ProtectYourPC>3</ProtectYourPC>
<SkipUserOOBE>true</SkipUserOOBE>
</OOBE>
<UserAccounts>
<AdministratorPassword>
<Value>QQBkAG0AaQBuAGkAcwB0AHIAYQB0AG8AcgBQAGEAcwBzAHcAbwByAGQA</Value>
<PlainText>false</PlainText>
</AdministratorPassword>
</UserAccounts>

[maxXPsoft]

I cannot see the OOBE system option to include Autologon in section 7?

Because unless I'm mistaken you don't need the OOBE to do that. The only close thing would be

SkipUserOOBE which specifies whether to skip Welcome Center if you want to turn that off so it don't popup in the way at Firstlogon.

Worth adding cause that just gets in the way if you done seen it once.

As an added Note

<Password>

<Value>UABhAHMAcwB3AG8AcgBkAA==</Value>

Gives you a blank password, just hit enter and you logon

but if you add from my post you go straight in

<Password>

<PlainText>false</PlainText>

</Password>

[MAVERICKS CHOICE]

Thanks Max

Its these snippets that MS don't always tell you or explain.