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Wrong Password prompt on Sysprep boot for Administrator account

Upon boot i want my system to go straight to the desktop of the Administrator account.
I thought i had everything covered but apparently not. The image does stay at a black screen for a while upon boot after prelim windows is setting up.... screens.

What i actually get is all the way (after the 2minute black screen) to the windows logon screen with the Administrator account name type in but
it promts that the "password is incorrect". If i say ok and manually type the password it works....

Can anyone help?

My XML below:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
    <settings pass="oobeSystem">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core" 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">
            <InputLocale>en-GB</InputLocale>
            <SystemLocale>en-GB</SystemLocale>
            <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
            <UserLocale>en-GB</UserLocale>
            <UILanguageFallback>en-GB</UILanguageFallback>
        </component>
        <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">
            <AutoLogon>
                <Enabled>true</Enabled>
                <Username>Administrator</Username>
                <LogonCount>1</LogonCount>
            </AutoLogon>
            <OOBE>
                <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>
                <NetworkLocation>Work</NetworkLocation>
                <ProtectYourPC>3</ProtectYourPC>
            </OOBE>
            <UserAccounts>
                <AdministratorPassword>
                    <Value>TwBtAG4AMQBjADAANQByADAAdQBwAKMAQQBkAG0AaQBuAGkAcwB0AHIAYQB0AG8AcgBQAGEAcwBzAHcAbwByAGQA</Value>
                    <PlainText>false</PlainText>
                </AdministratorPassword>
                <LocalAccounts>
                    <LocalAccount wcm:action="add">
                        <Password>
                            <Value>TwBtAG4AMQBjADAANQByADAAdQBwAKMAUABhAHMAcwB3AG8AcgBkAA==</Value>
                            <PlainText>false</PlainText>
                        </Password>
                        <Name>Administrator</Name>
                        <Group>Administrators</Group>
                        <DisplayName>Administrator</DisplayName>
                        <Description>admin</Description>
                    </LocalAccount>
                </LocalAccounts>
            </UserAccounts>
            <TimeZone>GMT Standard Time</TimeZone>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <settings pass="specialize">
        <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">
            <ComputerName>NT9999-COMBO</ComputerName>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <settings pass="generalize">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-PnpSysprep" 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">
            <PersistAllDeviceInstalls>true</PersistAllDeviceInstalls>
            <DoNotCleanUpNonPresentDevices>true</DoNotCleanUpNonPresentDevices>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="catalog:c:/users/markw/desktop/posready 7.clg" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />
</unattend>


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Answers (2)

Answer Summary:
Posted by: SMal.tmcc 7 years ago
Red Belt
1

Top Answer

this sets the administrator active, by default it is not active

 <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Deployment" 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">
<RunSynchronous>
<RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
<Path>net user administrator /active:yes</Path>
<Order>1</Order>
</RunSynchronousCommand>
</RunSynchronous>
</component>


Comments:
  • Thanks! This helped me out no end. - ItzMar 7 years ago
Posted by: SMal.tmcc 7 years ago
Red Belt
0
your problem lies in you are not passing any password to the autologon.

yours

<AutoLogon>

                <Enabled>true</Enabled>

                <Username>Administrator</Username>

                <LogonCount>1</LogonCount>

            </AutoLogon>


typical

 <AutoLogon>
                <Password>
                    <Value>TwBtAG4AMQBjADAANQByADAAdQBwAKMAUABhAHMAcwB3AG8AcgBkAA===</Value>
                    <PlainText>false</PlainText>
                </Password>
                <Enabled>true</Enabled>
                <LogonCount>1</LogonCount>
                <Username>administrator</Username>
            </AutoLogon>


Also you should not name the secondary account administrator like your are doing, should be more like"

<UserAccounts>
                <LocalAccounts>
                    <LocalAccount wcm:action="add">
                        <Password>
                            <PlainText>false</PlainText>
                            <Value>TABJAE4AsdfaasgdsaAFAAYQBzAHMAdwBvAHIAZAA=</Value>
                        </Password>
                        <DisplayName>F11Master</DisplayName>
                        <Name>F11Master</Name>
                    </LocalAccount>
                </LocalAccounts>
                <AdministratorPassword>
                    <PlainText>false</PlainText>
                    <Value>QgByAGEAdAB3AHUAcgAkAHQskjlasdfkvbfbshgb;zjxcklvnsxhdfhj8AcgBQAGEAcwBzAHcAbwByAGQA</Value>
                </AdministratorPassword>
            </UserAccounts>



Comments:
  • Thanks for the response, im using WSIM to generate the xml. So if i make the change to the first section you commented on ill get autologon.

    The local account i am creating with the same name "administrator" was something i was told to do to get the default admin renabled.

    Is this section not needed then? as i only need the default admin account. - ItzMar 7 years ago
 
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