Create PSCredential without a password

Question

How to create a instance of PSCredential that has no password? (Without manually filling out a Get-Credential dialog with no password, this is for unattended ru

Answer 1

Solution:

$mycreds = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential 
              ("username", (new-object System.Security.SecureString))

Answer 2

Use the Get-Credential cmdlet, when the credential dialog appears, don't type a password

$cred = Get-Credential pebrian27
$cred.GetNetworkCredential() | select UserName,Password

UserName   Password
--------   --------
pebrian27