How to Set the Administrator Password During Unattended Setup

ID: Q158484

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0

SUMMARY

When you run an unattended setup of Windows NT 4.0, you can specify the machine administrator password or leave it blank. The password is ordinarily set during GUI mode and is controlled by the following key:

OemBlankAdminPassword = %value%

with 0 meaning no and 1 meaning yes. This article describes how to set this password automatically for each computer you install.

MORE INFORMATION

To set the local administrator's password, complete the following steps in your I386 share point:

Create a $oem$ folder in you I386 folder.

Use Edit to create a Cmdlines.txt file with the following contents:
```
[commands]
".\net user administrator <Password>" 
```

Place a copy of the Net.exe file in the $oem$ folder.

In your Unattend.txt file, make sure the Oempreinstall value is set to Yes.

Run an unattended setup for Windows NT 4.0.

Additional query words: 4.00 change password automate unattend.txt unattend


Keywords          : kbsetup ntsetup nthowto NTSrvWkst 
Version           : 4.0
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: January 28, 1999