Re: What User Logged In When No User Log In?

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Every group has its 'lingo'. That doesn't include the many various
languages that exist in the world as from your name I would suspect that
French is not something 'foreign' to you as it is to me. Conversely,
Japanese is not foreign to me though I am not fluent in understanding it and
far less able in speaking.

The military has its specialized 'lingo' with a lot of it expressed as
shortcuts made up of the initials of the full name. Each branch has
variations of its own. The same is true of 'engineering'. Most of us spend
much of our time communicating with others who share the same vocabulary.
It is rare to find someone such as Isaac Asimov who can take a complex
scientific/engineering subject and make it understandable to much of the
population. Even then there are some who will never understand no matter
how good at communicating you are. They just don't have the desire or
interest which can limit capability.

For more examples look at the tax code of the U.S.A. and the output of legal
documents from any lawyer. They are all designed to create a separate
'world' where outsiders are excluded and entry is difficult. It would be
nice if the schools could teach everyone how to learn more than just a bunch
of 'facts' but in some cases those 'facts' can enable someone to become
productive. Memorizing the addition and multiplication 'tables' is not more
important than understanding how numbers work, but just the memorization
part can provide someone who never wants to become a math genius to handle
everyday life.

It would be wonderful if all the articles and documents were perfect and
detailed, however it is never going to happen. At least with Microsoft if
it is in MSDN Library and the WDK there are links for you to suggest
improvements or point out errors. In some cases providing more info would
be to document 'how' it is implemented and not how to use it which Microsoft
doesn't want to have happen. If someone wants the how it is implemented, I
can recommend using windbg and looking at the code.

"Le Chaud Lapin" <jaibuduvin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:51ac977e-9b39-4ba6-b18e-bb5d7ece5080@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Jul 2, 2:23 am, bg_fisted <bg_fis...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jun 30, 10:09 pm, Le Chaud Lapin <jaibudu...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Jun 30, 8:04 pm, bg_fisted <bg_fis...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jun 30, 6:15 pm,Le Chaud Lapin<jaibudu...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
1. The key AutoAdminLogon implies that the automatically-logged-in
user will have Admin priviliges. Is this true?

No. It depends on the permissions of the login you specify.

KB article does not say that.
And why do they put Admin in the word?

The KB article never said that AutoAdminLogon equated to admin rights.
In Windows, as with all other multiuser operating systems, permissions
are associated with user accounts.

2. There is a DefaultUserName DefaultPassword entry for the key. Are
these to be new or old existing credentials?

The credentials must already exist.

KB article does not say that.

Well no, and it does not have to. The KB article assumes that the
reader is not a complete n00b :)

That is the problem. Those who are not "n00b"s should not have to
engage in rebooting their computer to check their understanding of
something that is otherwise trivial.

KB article does not say that.

It actually does say that. You probably missed it:

The article does not explain clearly what setting that value does.

"To enforce this setting for future logoffs, the administrator must
set the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
\Winlogon

Value:ForceAutoLogon
Type: REG_SZ
Data: 1"

The article does not explain clearly what setting that value does.

You should ask Microsoft to rewrite that KB article. :)

Why? You're the one who doesn't understand it without a spoon feeding.

Or poor writing.

[Seriously though, Thanks. Instead of spending at least an hour of
"problem solving", I was able to go play two hours of basketball.]

Yes, you should do that. Leave the problem solving to those capable of
it :)

There is a reason that colleges spend so much time trying to get
engineers to write better.

-Le Chaud Lapin-


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