The password may contain as many as 127 characters. Passwords are case-sensitive and must be enclosed in quotation marks. End users cannot change or specify their own passwords in Mini-Setup. You can enter a new password in the appropriate dialog box, but the password does not change.

The administrator password is blank (null).

AdminPassword = "YhJ##3"

Important

• Security breaches can occur if you use a common, non-blank administrator password for all computers provided to end users. We recommend that you use an automation process to set the administrator password to blank before you run Sysprep. End users can then specify their own passwords after receiving the computers.
• In an unattended installation, Windows Setup will force any password string that begins with an asterisk to null.

Arguments = /n/s

Configures the computer to log on once with the Administrator account.

Does not automatically log on to the computer.

AutoLogon = Yes

When you set AutoLogon to Yes, you cannot log off. If you try to log off, you will be logged back on automatically. The only way to log off is to reboot, which decrements the value of AutoLogonCount.

If you specify a password in the AdminPassword entry, Setup uses that password when you log on automatically to the computer. After the installation finishes, Setup deletes the password from the copy of the answer file left on the computer.

Important

• Encrypting the Administrator password in the EncryptedAdminPassword entry disables AutoLogon.
• To skip Windows Welcome, set UnattendSwitch to Yes in the [Unattended] section of Unattend.txt.
• If you wish to log on automatically after running Sysprep in Factory mode, set AuditAdminAutoLogon to Yes in the [ComputerSettings] section of Winbom.ini.

AutoLogonCount = 5

Requires AutoLogon = Yes and AdminPassword = password in Unattend.txt. If AutoLogon = Yes, WinLogon checks the value of AutoLogonCount. If the number for AutoLogonCount is greater than 0, WinLogon decrements the count and then checks AdminPassword. If AdminPassword = password, WinLogon uses this password to log on automatically. If AdminPassword = *, the user must enter a password.

If AutoLogonCount = 0, then WinLogon deletes AutoAdminLogon, AutoLogonCount, and DefaultPassword from the registry. During the next reboot, the user must log on manually.

Important

• The function of this entry has changed slightly between Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Please review this entry carefully before using it in your answer file.
• Make sure that the password for the master installation (that you plan to duplicate onto one or more destination computers) is blank.
• You must reboot the computer to decrement the value of AutoLogonCount.

DetachedProgram = "%SYSTEMDRIVE%\extras\install.exe"

Enables the use of "*" with AdminPassword when preinstalling to EMS servers.

Disables the use of "*" with AdminPassword when preinstalling to EMS servers.

EMSBlankPassword = Yes

Does not prevent Windows Setup from processing Unattend.txt or Sysprep.inf during an unattended installation to an EMS server.

Prevents Windows Setup from processing Unattend.txt or Sysprep.inf during an unattended installation to an EMS server.

EMSSkipUnattendProcessing = 0

Instructs Setup to install the encrypted Administrator account password.

Instructs Setup to keep the Administrator account password as clean text.

EncryptedAdminPassword = Yes

Important

• If you use this key to install an encrypted Administrator password during an unattended installation, Setup disables Autologon.

Displays the Regional and Language Options page in GUI-mode Setup and Mini-Setup.

Skips the Regional and Language Options page in GUI-mode Setup and Mini-Setup.

OEMSkipRegional = 0

OEMPreinstall = Yes

Displays the Welcome page in GUI-mode Setup and Mini-Setup.

Skips the Welcome page in GUI-mode Setup and Mini-Setup.

OEMSkipWelcome = 0

OEMPreinstall = Yes

Important

• If OemPreinstall in the [Unattended] section of Unattend.txt is set to Yes, unattended Setup automatically stops on the Welcome page. To avoid this pause in your factory or testing environment, set OEMSkipWelcome = 1. Do not ship any computer with OEMSkipWelcome = 1. Instead, change OEMSkipWelcome in the [GuiUnattended] section of Sysprep.inf to 0 before delivering the computer to the customer.

ProfilesDir = "%SYSTEMROOT%\Profiles"

The specified directory can contain an environment variable such as %SYSTEMDRIVE% or %SYSTEMROOT%. Enclose path_to_profile_folder in quotation marks if it is a long file name or if it contains an environment variable.

ServerWelcome = Yes

On Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition, Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition, Microsoft Small Business Server, and Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition, if this entry is set to Yes, then the Configure Your Server wizard will be run on first user logon. If this parameter is set to No, then the Configure Your Server Wizard will not be run.

This parameter will not be utilized during a Sysprep (Sysprep.inf) installation.

Index values corresponding to each time zone - Click here to see a table listing the numeric values corresponding to the time zones.

TimeZone = 030

Note

• If you do not configure a specific time zone setting, the default time zone depends on the language version of Windows that is installed. For example, in the Japanese version, the default time zone is "GMT+9 (Osaka, Sapporo, Tokyo)."