How to set the Admin Password automatically?

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Hello,

how can i set the Admin Password without actually accessing the Webinterface?

I want to “production programm” the Devices with a specific password.
But as it seems in the Registry the Password is encoded differently.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\Security\UserAccounts\ADMIN]

So if you copy the key from one Box to the other, it does not work.

Can you tell me how to achieve this?

Best regards, Stefan

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See a similiar discussion here:
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/d2315024-8cf7-406d-9798-138a52b3439b/wec7-default-system-password?forum=winembplatdev

The result of this discussion is:

“I created a small application which sets the password and reboot the device. This executable is embedded into the OS using a .bib file and placed into the /Windows/StartUp folder using a .dat file.”

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@Frax222 : Thank you for the fast reply. But i’m not sure how to create a small Application for this purpose. For me it sounds like it is embedded in the Windows CE7 Image?
Is it possible to create a .net Application which could do this once?

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in native C you can do this with NTLMSetUserInfo(user,password), see

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Hi @Stefan.P

Is the issue solved?

Best regards,
Jaski

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@jaski.tx : I’m sorry it was not the highest priority the last time. I was not sure how to create the “native C” application. I Used to use the VS2008 Toolchain. How can i create a native C application for Windows CE7?

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Hi @Stefan.P ,
You can try this prebuilt AddUser.exe which just calls NTLMSetUserInfo():

https://share.toradex.com/j90btjlga8r46ob

here is the source:

#include <windows.h>
#include "Ntlmssp.h"

int _tmain(int argc, TCHAR *argv[], TCHAR *envp[])
{
    NTLMSetUserInfo(argv[1],argv[2]);
    return 0;
}

So to use the prebuilt executable just pass username and password as a command line param