UserAccounts

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UserAccounts specifies local accounts to be created, domain accounts to be added, and the administrator password.

Child Elements

Setting Description
AdministratorPassword Specifies the administrator password for the computer and whether it is hidden in the unattended installation answer file.
DomainAccounts Specifies the details of domain accounts to be added to local security groups on the computer during installation.
LocalAccounts Specifies the details of local accounts to be created during installation.

Valid Configuration Passes

auditSystem

oobeSystem

Parent Hierarchy

Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup | UserAccounts

Applies To

For a list of the supported Windows editions and architectures that this component supports, see Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup.

XML Example

The following XML output shows how to set UserAccounts.

<UserAccounts>
   <AdministratorPassword>
      <Value>cAB3AEEAZABtAGkAbgBpAHMAdAByAGEAdABvAHIAUABhAHMAcwB3AG8AcgBkAA==</Value>
      <PlainText>false</PlainText>
   </AdministratorPassword>
   <DomainAccounts>
      <DomainAccountList wcm:action="add">
         <DomainAccount wcm:action="add">
            <Name>account1</Name>
            <Group>Fabrikam\Group1</Group>
         </DomainAccount>
         <DomainAccount wcm:action="add">
            <Name>account2</Name>
            <Group>Fabrikam\Group2</Group>
         </DomainAccount wcm:action="add">
         <Domain>domain1</Domain>
      </DomainAccountList>
      <DomainAccountList wcm:action="add">
         <DomainAccount wcm:action="add">
            <Name>account3</Name>
            <Group>Fabrikam\Group2</Group>
         </DomainAccount wcm:action="add">
         <Domain>domain2</Domain>
     </DomainAccountList>
   </DomainAccounts>
   <LocalAccounts>
      <LocalAccount wcm:action="add">
         <Password>
            <Value>cAB3AFAAYQBzAHMAdwBvAHIAZAA</Value>
            <PlainText>false</PlainText>
         </Password>
         <Description>Test account</Description>
         <DisplayName>Admin/Power User Account</DisplayName>
         <Group>Administrators;Power Users</Group>
         <Name>Test1</Name>
      </LocalAccount>
      <LocalAccount wcm:action="add">
         <Password>
            <Value>cABhAHMAcwB3AG8AcgBkAFAAYQBzAHMAdwBvAHIAZAA=</Value>
            <PlainText>false</PlainText>
         </Password>
         <Description>For testing</Description>
         <DisplayName>Admin Account</DisplayName>
         <Group>Administrators</Group>
         <Name>Test2</Name>
      </LocalAccount>
   </LocalAccounts>
</UserAccounts>

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