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Administrator and User Accounts

Windows XP Embedded includes several components for managing user account names, groups, and passwords.

  • The Administrator Account component allows you to specify the password for the local Administrator account. You can only include one Administrator Account component in your configuration.
  • The User Account component allows you to specify the user name, group, and password for a local user account. You must add a separate User Account component for each user in your configuration.
  • Additional components are required if you want to provide end-user access to account settings, passwords, and display names in User Accounts in Control Panel.

If you do not add the Administrator Account component, the run-time image is created with a single user account with full administrative privileges. The account name is Administrator and the password is blank.

In This Section

  • Strong Passwords
    Describes the requirements for strong passwords. Strong passwords can reduce the risk of unwanted access to your device.
  • Minlogon Security
    Describes this single user environment. This environment does not support user accounts, authentication verification, administrator accounts, or domain joining.
  • Add Security Features to a Run-Time Image
    Describes security features and options available for Windows XP Embedded.

Last updated on Wednesday, October 18, 2006

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