How to launch a background Windows user after Sysprep?
Hello ! I want to make Windows Images that can be clonable, so I'm currently using Sysprep with OOBE. Right now, I would like (when the windows machine boot) to launch a background user that will have an open session and dedicated tasks to do.
I was previously using WinLogon but Sysprep actually wipes those registries. I'm currently looking into Answer Files to make the user persists and login it. The problem is that I have my user but the AutoLogon attribute seems to not work (or not the way I wanted).
Do you know a way yo get a background user launched after SysPrep? Either via AnswerFiles, a way to keep winlogon registry or other mecanisms?
Thank you very much!
This is currently my answer file OOBE component:
<settings pass="oobeSystem">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State">
<UserAccounts>
<LocalAccounts>
<LocalAccount wcm:action="add">
<Password>
<Value>'+$pswStr+'</Value>
<PlainText>true</PlainText>
</Password>
<Description>'+$usrname+'</Description>
<DisplayName>'+$usrname+'</DisplayName>
<Group>Administrators;Users</Group>
<Name>'+$usrname+'</Name>
</LocalAccount>
</LocalAccounts>
<AdministratorPassword>
<PlainText>true</PlainText>
<Value>'+$pswStr+'</Value>
</AdministratorPassword>
</UserAccounts>
<AutoLogon>
<Password>
<Value>'+$pswStr+'</Value>
<PlainText>true</PlainText>
</Password>
<LogonCount>9999</LogonCount>
<Enabled>true</Enabled>
<Username>'+$usrname+'</Username>
</AutoLogon>
<OOBE>
<HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>
<NetworkLocation>Work</NetworkLocation>
<ProtectYourPC>1</ProtectYourPC>
<SkipMachineOOBE>true</SkipMachineOOBE>
<SkipUserOOBE>true</SkipUserOOBE>
</OOBE>
</component>
</settings>
Also here is what I was using for WinLogon registries values:
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon' -Name AutoAdminLogon -Value 1 | Out-Null
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon' -Name DefaultUserName -Value $usrname | Out-Null
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon' -Name DefaultPassword -Value $pswStr | Out-Null