Windows 2008 Unattended .XML

[theprofessional]

How do I chance and encrypt the local administrator password in Windows 2008 unattended xml file?
Is there a setup manager wizard to do that like in Windows 2003? Customizing the xml unattended file is pretty confusing any help would be great.

[Adrian Clint]

There is vlite but I've not had chance to play with it yet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NLite

As far as I am aware any tool for Vista scripted installs you should find useful for 2008.

[Steven Baillie · Accepted solution]

Install Microsoft Windows AIK from
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c7d4bc6d-15f3-4284-9123-679830d629f2&DisplayLang=en

Use Windows System Image Manager in WAIK

Once you have connected the correct windows image and the answer file.

Go to tools and make sure Hide Sensitive Data is ticked and save file.

steven

[Steven Baillie]

I forgot to say in Windows System Image Manager
you may find the passwords in

components
7 oobeSystem
x86_Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup__neutral
of the Answer File

or in the windows image
components
x86_Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup
choose what you need and copy to Answer File and add usernames and passwords

[theprofessional]

Steven, thank you. That was it I was looking for.