MDT - Can I disable the Administrator account

I found threads on how to turn it on and maybe some on how to turn it off. I already see how to have my task sequence *NOT* enable the administrator account. I just remove the corresponding line in the unattend.xml file. However, are there any repercussions
to this? I already changed what account it automatically logs into.

Ultimately what I did was setup Final Configuration 2013,
http://www.deploymentresearch.com/Research/tabid/62/EntryId/122/Final-Configuration-for-MDT-2013-Lite-Touch-now-with-Autologon-support.aspx. I edited it to stop the autologon stuff and added sections to undo what MDT does.
' Disable local administrator account
strComputer = "."
Set objUser = GetObject("WinNT://" & strComputer & "/Administrator")
objUser.AccountDisabled = True
objUser.SetInfo
StatusArea.InnerHTML=StatusArea.InnerHTML & "<BR>" & "Local Administrator Disabled"
'Delete Administrator Filter Change
Set objShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
objShell.RegDelete "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\FilterAdministratorToken"
StatusArea.InnerHTML=StatusArea.InnerHTML & "<BR>" & "Administrator Filter Change removed"

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