UnsecureJoin (Standard 8 Module Reference)
7/8/2014
Review the applicable Embedded Core modules and any examples for the UnsecureJoin setting in Windows Embedded 8 Standard (Standard 8).
This setting specifies whether to add the device to the domain without requiring a unique password.
Set to true to add the device to the domain without requiring that a domain, username, or password are specified in the Credentials section for authentication; otherwise set to false. The default value is false.
The UnsecureJoin setting uses a null session with a pre-existing account, so there is no authentication to the domain controller when configuring the computer account. The account must have a well-known password or a specified value for MachinePassword. The well-known password is the first 14 characters of the device name in lower case. For more information, see MachinePassword. If the well-known password is used, then the system changes the password to a strong password after adding the device to the domain.
Note
If UnsecureJoin is set to true, do not specify a domain, username, and password in the Credentials section.
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.
Module |
Path |
|---|---|
Products/Embedded Core/UnattendedJoin/Identification/UnsecureJoin |
XML Example
The following XML example shows how to add the device to the domain without the requirement of a unique password.
<Identification>
<UnsecureJoin>true</UnsecureJoin>
</Identification>