Create User

This command creates a new user on the target system.

This command may also be used to add an existing user on the target system to one or more user groups.

User Name

Enter the name of the user account to create. This is not the name of the computer operator that the user account is being created for.

Full Name

Enter the full name associated with the user account.

Description

Provide a description for the user account.

Password

Enter the password for the user account.

Remote Server

Leave this field empty to create the user account on the local system.

Enter the name of a remote server to create the user account on a remote system.

User cannot change password

Check this box to prevent users logged in to the account being created from changing their passwords.

Password never expires

Check this box to prevent the expiration of the password associated with the user account.

Account is disabled

Check this box to disable the user account upon creation. Logins to the account will not be accepted until the account is manually enabled after creation.

Group Memberships

User accounts are initially created without any membership in any user groups.

You may add the user account to one or more user groups. For instance, adding the user account to the Administrators group will assign administrative privileges to the user account.

To add the user account to an existing, well-known user group (such as Administrators, Users, or Guests), choose the name of the user group from the Group combox-box drop-down menu and click Add. At runtime, InstallAware will automatically add the user account being created to the appropriate user group (even if the user group has a different name on the target system, due to a localized version of Windows being used).

To add the user account to a custom user group, such as one that may be created with the Create Group command, type the name manually in the Group combo-box and click Add. Because this is a custom user group, unless a user group on the target system exists matching this exact name, the user account will not be added to the user group.

 Warnings

• Users may only be created on the Windows NT family of operating systems. Windows 9X operating systems are not supported.
• On systems where password complexity requirements are enforced, user accounts may not be created successfully unless the password complexity requirements are met.
• Well-known user group names should not be localized, or they may fail to resolve to correct user group names on target systems, specifically on those that assign a different name to the user groups than the translated name.
• Custom user group names may be localized as needed.