Re: Simplest fully open LAN configuration for XP Pro SP2

If the AltDefaultUserName is being reset to "Administrator", I am thinking
it is a hardcoded thing. Never really investigated this. If it is not
causing issues, I would ignore it.
Perhaps someone else may have some more info.

Regards
Mark Dormer

"Kenneth Grome" <Kenneth Grome@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:3775767B-9B39-4ECA-BAAA-CD3452DE5B34@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi Steve and Mark,
>
> Thanks for your helpful replies. Ssince all these computers were NOT
using
> Simple File Sharing I did not enable this. Instead, here's what I did so
far
> on all 8 computers on the LAN:
>
> 1- deleted all accounts but one.
>
> 2- renamed this one account the same name on all computers
>
> 3- reset the passwords to make them the same on all computers
>
> 4- Used Mark's suggestion to enable AutoLogon
>
> 5- restarted all the computers
>
> Windows networking has so far worked properly after this change, but IIS
> served error 401.1 until I used IIS Manager to change the password in the
> Enable Anonymous Access property of my root iis folder to the new password
I
> set in #3 above.
>
> So far, so good. However, I have another question that maybe you (or
> others) can help me with:
>
> When I was using RegEdit to enable AutoLogon I noticed that the
> DefaultUserName value was still set to the ORIGINAL username for this
account
> -- not the new name gave it in step #2 above. So naturally I changed this
> value to match the new username, and this new name remained intact after a
> restart.
>
> Then later I noticed that the AltDefaultUserName was still set to the
> ORIGINAL account name as well, so I changed this to the new username, just
> like I did for DefaultUserName above. But after a restart the
> AltDefaultUserName value was NOT saved, instead it reverted back to the
> ORIGINAL username again -- as if I never changed it in RegEdit.
>
> To me this suggests that the original account username is stored somewhere
> else on the operating system. So my question is ...
>
> How can I "get rid of" the original name in all the places where it is
> stored or used by the OS and/or any other programs?


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