Can "unattend.xml" be set to *not* create new accounts at startup?

Hi all!

I may be missing something obvious in the whole imaging thing, but my
intent is to:

1)* run sysprep on an existing hard disk so that it boots up and runs
my unattend.xml file

2)* Image with Ghost/Acronis for distribution


However, while I've figured out all the setting for bypassing almost
all the OOBE screens -- I'm not finding the setting to bypass the need
to create a new account.

I just want to leave the system with one "setup" account I've already
created on the system.

The WAIK examples for Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup | User Accounts |
LocalAccocunts aren't giving me the detail I need to figure out what
that setting should be (if it can be done.)

Suggestions?* Thanks!

- Steve

Yes you can do that. I do this on my images. The only thing is you have to
set the Option for Skip OOBE to true and you wont get the prompt to add
names. Just so you know you will end up with a system that will be hard to
get in unless you set in your answer file to auto login the admin account
otherwise you have to get into safe mode to log in as admin.

"Steve Maser" wrote:

> Hi all!
>
> I may be missing something obvious in the whole imaging thing, but my
> intent is to:
>
> 1) run sysprep on an existing hard disk so that it boots up and runs
> my unattend.xml file
>
> 2) Image with Ghost/Acronis for distribution
>
>
> However, while I've figured out all the setting for bypassing almost
> all the OOBE screens -- I'm not finding the setting to bypass the need
> to create a new account.
>
> I just want to leave the system with one "setup" account I've already
> created on the system.
>
> The WAIK examples for Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup | User Accounts |
> LocalAccocunts aren't giving me the detail I need to figure out what
> that setting should be (if it can be done.)
>
> Suggestions? Thanks!
>
> - Steve
>

In article <ADE4D336-691E-467D-9D75->, Emory
Tech <> wrote:

> Yes you can do that. I do this on my images. The only thing is you have to
> set the Option for Skip OOBE to true and you wont get the prompt to add
> names. Just so you know you will end up with a system that will be hard to
> get in unless you set in your answer file to auto login the admin account
> otherwise you have to get into safe mode to log in as admin.
>


Does "Skip OOBE" actually work in RTM?

From the WAIK, it says this is "depreciated" and isn't supposed to work.

(It did work in RC2 and beyond, but seems not to work in RTM...)

- Steve

works for me, it does not run the part of the setup that asks for user names
and other settings. It even works with sysprep.

"Steve Maser" wrote:

> In article <ADE4D336-691E-467D-9D75->, Emory
> Tech <> wrote:
>
> > Yes you can do that. I do this on my images. The only thing is you have to
> > set the Option for Skip OOBE to true and you wont get the prompt to add
> > names. Just so you know you will end up with a system that will be hard to
> > get in unless you set in your answer file to auto login the admin account
> > otherwise you have to get into safe mode to log in as admin.
> >
>
>
> Does "Skip OOBE" actually work in RTM?
>
> From the WAIK, it says this is "depreciated" and isn't supposed to work.
>
> (It did work in RC2 and beyond, but seems not to work in RTM...)
>
> - Steve
>

SkipMachineOOBE is depreciated SkipUserOOBE isnt although it should only be
used for tetsting

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Window...66d341033.mspx

> From the WAIK, it says this is "depreciated" and isn't supposed to work.

Hi Emory,

how do you set the computer name then? If the userOOBE is set to False, the
Welcome Center is not displyed and computer got the autogenerated name, am I
right? Or have I missed something?

Thanks
--
R.V.


"Emory Tech" wrote:

> Yes you can do that. I do this on my images. The only thing is you have to
> set the Option for Skip OOBE to true and you wont get the prompt to add
> names. Just so you know you will end up with a system that will be hard to
> get in unless you set in your answer file to auto login the admin account
> otherwise you have to get into safe mode to log in as admin.
>
> "Steve Maser" wrote:
>
> > Hi all!
> >
> > I may be missing something obvious in the whole imaging thing, but my
> > intent is to:
> >
> > 1) run sysprep on an existing hard disk so that it boots up and runs
> > my unattend.xml file
> >
> > 2) Image with Ghost/Acronis for distribution
> >
> >
> > However, while I've figured out all the setting for bypassing almost
> > all the OOBE screens -- I'm not finding the setting to bypass the need
> > to create a new account.
> >
> > I just want to leave the system with one "setup" account I've already
> > created on the system.
> >
> > The WAIK examples for Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup | User Accounts |
> > LocalAccocunts aren't giving me the detail I need to figure out what
> > that setting should be (if it can be done.)
> >
> > Suggestions? Thanks!
> >
> > - Steve
> >