"Other user" - on Windows login and password

[Kanotrix]

Greetings to NTLite users,
While developing a custom build, I encountered the following issue:
During the boot process, it asks me to enter a user login and password.

This happens even though I set it up for the user to register themselves, and I already registered the user during installation.

If I enter the login and password, I can access Windows, but there’s no password – I didn’t specify one.

I would like the system to log in automatically without requiring the user to enter any credentials.

The exact same issue occurs when creating a built-in administrator account without a password in the unattended setup.
I either want the system to log in automatically, or let the user create an account themselves.

There’s a solution on the internet through the registry, but it doesn’t work and isn’t suitable. It involves writing an empty login and password in the registry, but this method isn’t ideal because the user could be different each time, and the method from the internet doesn’t work.

At the moment, this is a 24H2 build, but the same issue exists with 23H2 and even on Windows 10.

 

[garlin]

Most likely you've removed OOBE components or changed settings required to complete setup. Please attach your NTLite preset.

 

[garlin]

Two Privacy settings are causing the problem:

                                <Tweak name="System\DontDisplayLockedUserId">3</Tweak>
                                <Tweak name="System\DontDisplayLastUserName">1</Tweak>

Remove them, and manually apply this .reg file after your first successful logon.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"DontDisplayLockedUserId"=dword:00000003
"DontDisplayLastUserName"=dword:00000001

When OOBE executes, it creates a temporary user account defaultuser0 before removing it. The logon screen considers defaultuser0 as the last logged on user, and reports it as "Other user".

 

[Kanotrix]

Two Privacy settings are causing the problem:

                                <Tweak name="System\DontDisplayLockedUserId">3</Tweak>
                                <Tweak name="System\DontDisplayLastUserName">1</Tweak>

Remove them, and manually apply this .reg file after your first successful logon.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"DontDisplayLockedUserId"=dword:00000003
"DontDisplayLastUserName"=dword:00000001

When OOBE executes, it creates a temporary user account defaultuser0 before removing it. The logon screen considers defaultuser0 as the last logged on user, and reports it as "Other user".

Thanks, bro!