kesh Posted October 7, 2016 Report post Posted October 7, 2016 How can I fix my TS so that the Administrator account is not disabled during OSD? If set my TS for my machine to join the domain, my Administrator account is fine, however if it set to join workgroup, the account is disabled. I have tried creating a new TS, but same problem. My TS used to work fine when I first created it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kesh Posted October 19, 2016 Report post Posted October 19, 2016 bump Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Config Mangler Posted October 19, 2016 Report post Posted October 19, 2016 Is it a VMware VM? That will disable the local admin when it runs sysprep or clones. If not I'd be looking at the unattend answer file Could also use net user administrator /active:yes to re-enable it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kesh Posted October 20, 2016 Report post Posted October 20, 2016 no, its not VMWare. i have tried using the cmd line, but it still fails.i've even tried moving the step to different parts on the TS, but it still fails. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsakai2 Posted October 21, 2016 Report post Posted October 21, 2016 I haven't see this happen by default. I would check to make sure there isn't a group policy in place that disables this account. I say this because we have a Group Policy in place in my organization that not only disables the built in Administrator account, it also randomizes the password. I would suggest letting the account remain disabled since as a known account, it is vulnerable from a security perspective. If you absolutely need a local admin account, I would suggest adding steps to your task sequence to create a brand new local administrator account with a unique username. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
