Guys, I was asking regarding the code Trevor provided:

<UserAccounts>
<!– Administrator account password –>
<LocalAccounts>
<LocalAccount wcm:action=”add”>
<Password>
<Value>#vm.AdministratorPassword#</Value>
<PlainText>true</PlainText>
</Password>
<Description></Description>
<DisplayName>Administrator</DisplayName>
<Group>Administrators</Group>
<Name>Administrator</Name>
</LocalAccount>
</LocalAccounts>
</UserAccounts>

Do I make changes to it assuming i might have a different Administrator username ??

As you may know in windows 8 it will ask me to CREATE a local administrator user account while the Administrator user is already there but Disabled in windows, so is that piece of code should be used as is ?? say i created a local user account and named it "User" do i need to do any changes to that code or not ??

also I tried what is mentioned in the template creation guide:
""
WINDOWSSetupScriptssetupcomplete.cmd

With the following code:

wmic useraccount where name='Administrator' call rename name='Sysadmin
""

But it didn't work, need clarification please regarding the above...

Thanks A Lot !...

all efforts lost in vain, is it really that difficult preparing windows 8 unattended version that will work with SCP ??...

Hello,

It should be possible. I would make a fresh sysprep file using WSIM for Windows 8.1 which skips the Microsoft account and then convert it into SolidCP.

If you need any help please let us know. I don't have Windows 8.1 to hand to be able to make you a custom file at the moment.

Kind Regards,

Trevor Robinson

Can you recommend a tutorial for WISMwhich you used and is easy to follow ?...

Thanks,

Hi,

I am unable to say there is one i followed. I have come across this time: http://deploymentresearch.com/Research/Post/428/Back-to-basics-Automating-the-Windows-To-Go-setup-Windows-8-1-Enterprise

It does appear to have this which may fix the issue:

<HideOnlineAccountScreens>true</HideOnlineAccountScreens>

Kind Regards,

Trevor Robinson