"Other User" logon screen after reboot from fresh install

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campnowhere

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I have been very frustrated attempting to create new reinstall cd. I have previously made a reinstall cd using ntlite with great success, i am using a fresh ISO downloaded directly from microsoft, Win10_1709_English_x64.

I have recently wanted to change a few setting for the unattended install. Every single new ISO I create work perfectly except after Windows finished installing and I restart my computer for the first time I get "Other User" sign in. I have attached an image of the error I get. When I reinstall Windows 10 it boots and goes to the desktop just fine, everything works great. But after it restart my computer I get the "Other User" logon screen and can't log in.

I create an administrator account in ntlite when I make my iso which I have done before without any problem, but it seems that when using the newest release of ntlite I am getting this error.

I would appreciate any help I could get.
 

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Here is also my preset file. Also, this issue was not present in an older build I had, just the newest one. Is it possible to download an older build?
 

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Please don't enable these, they do exactly as they are named, skipping among other preparation - user creation:
<SkipMachineOOBE>true</SkipMachineOOBE>
<SkipUserOOBE>true</SkipUserOOBE>
And read their descriptions.

That said, I have another issue loading your preset which seems not to affect you, will fix (duplicate admin enable command, get a prompt during install).

Thanks for reporting.
 
Well what’s odd is that when using the same answers for version 1.5.0.5855, the install cd works perfectly, I do not get the “other user” error like I do with the latest stable version. Is there a reason why that would be?

Also, which options exactly in the user interface should I not be selecting to true? If I don’t set those to true will it still create everything without me having to manually create a profile during setup?
 
I tried your preset without those SkipOOBE options set and the user was created.
In other words, try it in a virtual machine, if still fails, please send me that new preset.
I don't recall anything changing regarding that, maybe cumulative update changed the behavior if any.
I'll send you a pre-release version which has fixed repeated commands in the unattended file if reloaded, I had that issue here.
 
Sorry for the late response, I finally was able to try again with the latest build and I still get the error even when the SkipOOBE options were not set . I will post my unattended file when I get home.

Just for fun I did a fresh test with 1.5.0.5855 and the same settings and it worked, I didn’t get the “other user” error after restarting.
 
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I just had a thought regarding my issue. I am not in front of my computer now but I am certain when I create a user in the unattended page I create a user with the “built in administrator” option.

Would this be the cause of the issue? If so, can I still create a normal administrator account?
 
I think I may be missing something with the user creation. So I tried again and this time I didn't select "Built in Administrator" in the account set up. I just created an administrator account. To my surprise that did actually work and I was able to restart my pc without "Other User" showing.

But that leads to another issue. The account it creates is not able to create more local user accounts after install and doesn't give me UAC prompts, it's like it is behaving as a built in administrator account still. The image I attached "ntlite" is the user account settings for the install i cd I created with the administrator account but did NOT check "built in administrator". The image "untouched" is the user account settings for an untouched Windows 10 build 1709.

As you can see, they both say "Admin-Local Account-Administrator", but the administrator account created with an untouched iso actually works properly and I can create more local user accounts and I get UAC prompts. Also, on the left side of the settings page the ntlite image shows just "other people" setting where you would create another user. On the untouched iso it says "Friends and other people" and I am able to create other users on the untouched iso.

Is there a certain way I am supposed to be creating local user accounts in NTlite that I am obviously messing up? Please help!
 

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Well after making many new test iso’s I finally got it working correctly. I have successfully created a completely unattended install with a proper admin local account that is able to create new accounts and I do not get the “other user” error any longer. Thanks for the help!
 
campnowhere, just saw this on my todo, was wondering did you figure out the exact reason for local admin not creating?
Thanks.
 
Make sure "Display last user name in logon screen" is at Default or Enabled. That will also lead to the Other User screen otherwise.
 
Was having this issue as well and made many ISOs trying to troubleshoot it.

This method solved it for me:
During the install process, manually enter a username AND a password (I never entered a password for this Windows install before).
After windows is installed, go to control panel and change your password to blank.
It will now auto login without having that "Other user" screen.
 
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