- When installing Windows on a large number of hosts, administrators may use Windows Deployment Services, which allows for single operating system image to be deployed to several hosts through the network. - These kinds of installations are referred to as **unattended installations** as they don't require user interaction. - Such installations require the use of an administrator account to perform the initial setup, which might end up being stored in the machine in the following locations: - `C:\Unattend.xml` - `C:\Windows\Panther\Unattend.xml` - `C:\Windows\Panther\Unattend\Unattend.xml` - `C:\Windows\system32\sysprep.inf` - `C:\Windows\system32\sysprep\sysprep.xml` ```powershell Get-Content unattend.xml | findstr /i password ``` ```cmd <Credentials> <Username>Administrator</Username> <Domain>wook.local</Domain> <Password>Password123</Password> </Credentials> ```