Autologin after sysprep

Question

Can someone have a look & tell me what is wrong with the below sysprep unattend.xml please. I am trying to get my thin client to autologon after rebuild but I either get errors stating incorrect value in files or black screen with mouse pointer on I cannot get it to complete & then autologin. Thanks in advance

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:ew="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:embedded.unattend.internal.v1">
    <servicing>
        <package action="configure">
            <assemblyIdentity name="Microsoft-Windows-EmbeddedEdition" version="6.1.7600.16385" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" />
            <ew:packageInfo releaseType="Product" customInfoVersion="1.0" />
        </package>
    </servicing>
    <settings pass="generalize">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-PnpSysprep" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <PersistAllDeviceInstalls>true</PersistAllDeviceInstalls>
            <DoNotCleanUpNonPresentDevices>true</DoNotCleanUpNonPresentDevices>
        </component>
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-SPP" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <SkipRearm>1</SkipRearm>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <settings pass="specialize">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-IE-InternetExplorer" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <Home_Page>http://www.hp.com</Home_Page>
        </component>
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <ComputerName>*</ComputerName>
            <RegisteredOwner>HP</RegisteredOwner>
            <CopyProfile>true</CopyProfile>
        </component>
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Deployment" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <RunSynchronous>
                <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
                    <Order>1</Order>
                    <Path>net user administrator /active:yes</Path>
                </RunSynchronousCommand>
                <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
                    <Order>2</Order>
                    <Path>net user Administrateur /active:yes</Path>
                </RunSynchronousCommand>
                <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
                    <Order>3</Order>
                    <Path>net user Administrador /active:yes</Path>
                </RunSynchronousCommand>
            </RunSynchronous>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <settings pass="oobeSystem">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" 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>
        </component>
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <OOBE>
                <HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>true</HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>
                <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>
                <NetworkLocation>Work</NetworkLocation>
                <ProtectYourPC>3</ProtectYourPC>
            </OOBE>
            <UserAccounts>
                <LocalAccounts>
                    <LocalAccount wcm:action="add">
                        <Password>
                            <Value>tempaccount</Value>
                            <PlainText>true</PlainText>
                        </Password>
                        <Name>tempaccount</Name>
                        <DisplayName>tempaccount</DisplayName>
                        <Group>Users</Group>
                    </LocalAccount>
                </LocalAccounts>
            </UserAccounts>
            <TimeZone>GMT Standard Time</TimeZone>
        </component>
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Deployment" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <ExtendOSPartition>
                <Extend>true</Extend>
            </ExtendOSPartition>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <ew:answerFileInfo distributionSharePath="C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Embedded Standard 2011\DS" footprint="576716800" ecoreFootprint="576716800" />
</unattend>

This is what I want to add in but it errors as explained above.

<AutoLogon>
                <Password>
                    <Value>T51otH1n6L1eNt</Value>
                    <PlainText>false</PlainText>
                </Password>
                <Enabled>true</Enabled>
                <LogonCount>1</LogonCount>
                <Username>Administrator</Username>
            </AutoLogon>

Answer 1

So you are with HP?!

Are you editing the XML file directly? It is better to use ICE to create the Sysprep unattended file.

-Sean

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www.annabooks.com / www.seanliming.com / Book Author - Pro Guide to WES 7, XP Embedded Advanced, Pro Guide to POS for .NET

Answer 2

I am editing it directly. I try & load it into Microsoft developer toolkit but gives me an error......

Answer 3

Answer 4

If you edited the XML file, you might have broke something, which would explain why the XML didn't work. You need to re-create the sysprep file from scratch in ICE.The 2nd edtion of my book covers this better: http://www.annabooks.com/Book_PGWES7.html

-Sean

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www.annabooks.com / www.seanliming.com / Book Author - Pro Guide to WES 7, XP Embedded Advanced, Pro Guide to POS for .NET

Answer 5

that error tells you where you broke it.

Really, don't edit xml by hand, that way lies premature grey hair.

download XML Notepad 2007 from M$ if you must play with XML. That keeps everything syntactically correct.

(That is what I did to make my unattend.xml)

Oh, autologon is in product -> shell setup -> AutoLogon  use that instead of the BFI method.

You'll find something like this in 

settings

pass = specialize

component = Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup

<AutoLogon xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
<Password>
<Value>Magical-Crypted-Password</Value>
<PlainText>false</PlainText>
</Password>
<Username>Seagoon</Username>
<Enabled>true</Enabled>
</AutoLogon>

ps: I only have the first edition book, it has served its purpose just fine!

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