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

• Adding an Administrator Account
  Describes how to add the Administrator Account component, and set a password.
• Adding a User Account
  Describes how to add a User Account component for each user, and how to set the user name, group, and password.
• Providing Access to User Account Settings
  Describes how to add the components that are needed to provide end-user access to User Accounts in Control Panel.
• Removing Password Expiration from User Accounts
  Describes how to create a security template that sets user passwords to never expire. The template can be componentized, so that it runs during First Boot Agent.

Related Sections

• 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

© 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.