Working with blank appointments

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Want to log in as one account and update the current user registry keys for another account "A Account" which has a blank password


 - name: Add Account
   win_user:
     name: "{{ a_user }}"
     password: "{{ blank_password }}"
     state: Present
     fullname: A Account
     description: A Account
     password_expired: no
     password_never_expires: yes
     groups:
       -  Users, Remote Desktop Users
     groups_action: add

- name: Current User with a blank password
  win_dsc:
    resource_name: Registry
    Ensure: Present
    Force: True
    Key: "{{ item.key }}"
    ValueName: "{{ item.name }}" 
    ValueData: "{{ item.data }}"
    ValueType: "{{ item.type }}"
    PsDscRunAsCredential_username: "{{ a_user }}" 
    PsDscRunAsCredential_password: "{{ blank_password | default(omit) }}" 
  loop:
    - { key: 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects', name: 'VisualFXSetting', data: '00000002', type: 'Dword' }
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