Missing User Accounts at Welcome Screen

[Ticcer]

Hi All.

I'm playing with nLite... Downloaded nLite V1.3 Final yesterday.

I successfully completed a slipstream of all my hotfixes, IE7, WM11 and tested it on VMware virtual machine. All good.

I wanted to add my nVidia video card drivers to the installation, so I used last session detail and added the driver inf... it made the ISO and ran and installed fine... except it hung the install at the 33 minute mark, so I reset and the installation picked up where it hung and finished with no further issue.

On first boot... Did all the normal stuff (internet etc) when it came to the Welcome screen, there was no user name to click on... even though I did set a user up on nLite and again in the Windows install (as I was using the "provide defaults" option which seems to not register the user account set up in nLite when installing the OS... no bother though)

In nLites "Unattended" section under the "User" tab, there is the default Administrator account.. I did as I had done before and changed the "guest" account to the desired name I wanted. in the "Options" section, I messed about with the "Active" setting. I 'thought' I'd set the administrator account to not active and my user account to "active" There is little or no explanation of what this option does.. I assumed it would make my user account active and the system would boot into my user account... as I'd set it to active.

I did the above because although my first attempt at creating an nLite installation, although successful, seemed to boot into the Administrator account.. which I knew was set to "active" for my first attempt... and my user account was not ticked as "active"

I ctrl-alt-del at welcom screen to access the user pass dialogue.. tried the admin account but a warning popped up saying I was not allowed to login that way with that account. (Or something similar) The user account did not have permission either.

In safe mode, I could get into the admin account but not the user account. I could SEE the user account in the Users applet through control panel, but could do nothing with it.

I set up a New user account and re-booted. I can't remember ecactly what I did, but I eventually got access to the original user account on a normal reboot via the ctrl-alt-del method.. I still could not see the user icon though.

So my questins are...

Why was there no user account icon to click on at the welcome screen?

Could someone please explain the "options" part of the "user" tab... what it does and what it effects.

Does anyone have any other ideas about what's going on here?

Below is the last session.ini that was used.

Cheers

Ticcer

[Main]

Env = 1.3 - 2.0.50727.42.Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2

Target = Windows XP Professional SP:2 - 5.1.2600.2180 - English (United States)

[Tasks]

Unattended Setup

Integrate Drivers

Hotfixes and Update Packs

Tweaks

Create a Bootable ISO

Options

[Components]

;# Compatibility #

[KeepFiles]

msconfig.exe

[RemoveFiles]

clock.avi

yahoo.bmp

swtchbrd.bmp

[Options]

ProfilesDir = "%SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings"

TargetPath = "WINDOWS"

temp_dir = %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temp

[Patches]

TcpIp = 20

[services2]

[Tweaks]

Explorer-Add 'Command Prompt' to folder context menu

Explorer-Change Explorer Folder View to: details

Explorer-Disable Prefix: Shortcut to

Explorer-Display the contents of system folders

Explorer-Launch folder windows in a seperate process

Explorer-Show Drive Letters in front of Drive Names

Explorer-Show extensions of known file-types

Explorer-Show hidden files and folders

Explorer-Show Statusbar in all windows

Explorer-Show the full path in the Address Bar

Internet Explorer-Disable Market Place bookmark

Internet Explorer-Set Homepage-www.google.com

Internet Explorer-Set Internet Explorer to accept 10 connects at a time

My Computer-Add Administrative Tools

My Computer-Add Control Panel

My Computer-Add Control Panel to Context Menu

My Computer-Add Drive Cleanup to Context Menu

My Computer-Add Fonts Folder

My Computer-Add Recycle Bin

Privacy-Remove Alexa

Start Menu-Add Administrative Tools menu

Start Menu-Disable Highlight newly installed programs

Start Menu-Reduce popup delay

Visual Effects-Animate windows when minimizing and maximizing-Disable

Visual Effects-Keyboard shortcut underline-Enable

Visual Effects-Menu animation-Slide

Visual Effects-Menu shadows-Enable

Visual Effects-Show window contents while dragging-Enable

Visual Effects-Smooth-scroll list boxes-Enable

Visual Effects-Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop-Enable

Windows Media Player-Disable silent acqusition

[unattended]

UnattendMode = 0

DisableOem

ComputerType = Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) PC

FirewallOff

Resolution = 1280x1024

BitsPerPel = 32 bit (True Color)

MaximumDataStorePercentOfDisk = 12

RestorePointLife = 30

DesktopTheme = Default||

IISInstall = 1

DataExecProt = 1

AutoUpdates = 3

AutoUDay = 5

AutoUHour = 15

ProgFilesPath = "\Program Files"

[NetAdapter1]

connname = ""

macaddress = ""

ipaddress = "192.168.0.1"

subnetmask = "255.255.255.0"

defaultgateway = ""

dnsserver1 = ""

dnsserver2 = ""

winsserver = ""

netbiossetting = "0"

ipxnetworknumber = "00000000"

ipxnetworkframetype = "0xFF"

[GuiRunOnce]

[Drivers]

E:\Downloads\Driver\ASUS VGA Card Display Driver V93.71 For Windows 2000-XP\Driver\NVIDIA\nv4_disp.inf,0

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[Avien]

I have no user account on my welcome screen, and that is because i only have 1 account and no password setup. So i think windows just bypasses it, even though there is no setting to change it. The user does show up though when i set a password.

[Ticcer]

I wish windoze did bypass the welcome screen.. it just sits there waiting for me to click a user account button that does not exist.

I have to ctrl-alt-del to access the logon dialogue. I have no pass set up either, so just type my user name and hit enter... When I get into windoze, the account does not have admin privileges... even though I told windoze it should have when I set it up in safe mode.

If I try and logon the the admin account via the same method, it says it has been disabled.

Ticcer

Edited April 3, 2007 by Ticcer

[Ponch]

I did as I had done before and changed the "guest" account to the desired name I wanted.

I might be wrong but this is not creating a user, this is tampering with the standard "Guest" account that doesn't appear in the Welcome Screen at first.

[Ticcer]

OMG What a Dork is I!! "the standard "Guest" account" That never even crossed my mind, **** it! I'm gonna have to wait a couple of weeks now to try out NOT screwing with the guest account, coz it's a little busy around here right now; but thanks Ponch... I think you might have something there.

Ticcer

[Ticcer]

Ok... It's confirmed.. I am a Nong! Re installed with all hotfixes as per RyanVM's latest hotfix addon as well as some others... except I got all the actual MS hotfixes and integrated them with nLite rather than use RyanVM's package... It was real easy to integrate IE7 and WMP11 using the proper hotfixes and proper MS install files. I ended up with an XP Pro installation fully updated to march 2007 with IE7 & WMP11 ... except for the .Net installs which are no bother to install afterwards... and I got all the hotfixes for those too.

Also I added a user instead of renaming the users already present... too easy Duh!!!

A great little tool this.

Cheers

Ticcer

PS I thought I should also add I used the RyanVM Addons Pack V1.8.1, RyanVM WGA Addon V1.7.18.1 - March 20, 2007, Extended Character Map V1.41, **** NFO Viewer V2.10.0032, Copy Message Box V2.2 addons from RyanVM's page. Worked a treat!

Edited April 8, 2007 by Ticcer