PlainText (Standard 8 Module Reference)

7/8/2014

Review the applicable Embedded Core modules and any examples for the PlainText setting in Windows Embedded 8 Standard (Standard 8).

This setting specifies whether the associated password Value is hidden in the unattended installation configuration file.

Set to true to display the password in plain text; otherwise, set to false. The default value is true.

You can only to hide the passwords for local accounts. Domain account passwords are not hidden.

Modules

The following table shows the modules that you can apply this setting to. In Image Configuration Editor (ICE), you can follow the corresponding path to set this setting for a module.

XML Example

The following XML examples show how to set PlainText.

AutoLogon/

The following XML example shows how to hide the autologon password in the configuration file.

<AutoLogon>
   <Password>
      <Value>YwBvAG0AcABsAGUAeABfAHAAYQBzAHMAdwBvAHIAZABQAGEAcwBzAHcAbwByAGQA</Value> 
      <PlainText>false</PlainText>
   </Password>
   <Domain />
</AutoLogon>

AdminAccount

The following XML example shows how to hide the administrator account password in the configuration file.

<UserAccounts>
   <AdministratorPassword>
      <Value>cAB3AEEAZABtAGkAbgBpAHMAdAByAGEAdABvAHIAUABhAHMAcwB3AG8AcgBkAA==</Value>
      <PlainText>false</PlainText>
   </AdministratorPassword>
</UserAccounts>

LocalAccount

The following XML example shows how to hide the local account password in the configuration file.

<UserAccounts>
   <LocalAccounts>
      <LocalAccount wcm:action="add">
         <Password>
            <Value>cAB3AFAAYQBzAHMAdwBvAHIAZAA</Value>
            <PlainText>false</PlainText>
         </Password>
      </LocalAccount>
      </LocalAccount>
   </LocalAccounts>
</UserAccounts>

See Also

Concepts

Embedded Core Settings
Feature Module Settings