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Description (microsoft-windows-shell-setup-useraccounts-localaccounts-localaccount-description)

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Description specifies a description of a LocalAccount to be created during installation.

Values

Description

Specifies a description of a LocalAccount. Description is a string with a maximum length of 256 characters.

This string type supports empty elements.

Valid Configuration Passes

auditSystem

oobeSystem

Parent Hierarchy

Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup | UserAccounts | LocalAccounts | LocalAccount | Description

Applies To

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

XML Example

The following XML output shows how to set UserAccounts.

<UserAccounts>
   <LocalAccounts>
      <LocalAccount wcm:action="add">
         <Password>
            <Value>cAB3AFAAYQBzAHMAdwBvAHIAZAA</Value>
            <PlainText>false</PlainText>
         </Password>
         <Description>Test account</Description>
         <DisplayName>Admin/Power User Account</DisplayName>
         <Group>Administrators;Power Users</Group>
         <Name>Test1</Name>
      </LocalAccount>
      <LocalAccount wcm:action="add">
         <Password>
            <Value>cABhAHMAcwB3AG8AcgBkAFAAYQBzAHMAdwBvAHIAZAA=</Value>
            <PlainText>false</PlainText>
         </Password>
         <Description>For testing</Description>
         <DisplayName>Admin Account</DisplayName>
         <Group>Administrators</Group>
         <Name>Test2</Name>
      </LocalAccount>
   </LocalAccounts>
</UserAccounts>

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