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HideLocalAccountScreen

Updated: August 1, 2012

Applies To: Windows 8, Windows Server 2012

HideLocalAccountScreen specifies whether end users must set the Administrator password screen that appears during OOBE.

This setting applies only to the Windows Server® editions.

true

Hides the Administrator password screen during OOBE.

false

Does not hide the Administrator password screen during OOBE.

This is the default value.

oobeSystem

For a list of the supported Windows editions and architectures that this component supports, see Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup.

The following XML example shows how to hide the Administrator password screen during OOBE.

<OOBE>
     <HideLocalAccountScreen>true</HideLocalAccountScreen>
</OOBE>

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