Re: Windows XP Client auto logon to local machine

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You can do this by adding a few registry entries (or modifying the existing
ones).
Backup the Registry before doing any changes.
Go to Regedit.
Go to the Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

Add string values as under or if the name already exists modify the data as
under:
1. AutoAdminLogon set value to 1
2. DefaultDomainName set the value to local machine computer name
3. DefaultUserName set the value to machine username
4. DefaultPassword set the value to the user's password for machine.

All above values should be entered as String (REG_SZ).

Restart the machine.

Sharad


"Bruny" <Bruny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:48658E97-23CC-4303-B008-F3041178AE36@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I have a a Windows Server 2003 server, with 15 workstations attached. We
> also have a separate terminal services server. At present all users
> connect
> to the domain and then terminal service in. I want to remove the initial
> domain logon.
>
> When the xp client is turned on, I want the local machine to automatically
> logon (to the local PC) using a generic login and then launch an rdp file
> so
> the user can log into the terminal server. After the user has logged off,
> I
> want the computer to shut down.
>
> I have written a simple batch file to launch the rdp file and shut down
> the
> computer after the session, which works fine prior to connecting the
> client
> to the domain.
>
> After the client PC is connected to the domain, the automatic logon and
> the
> shut down after the session does not work. As the transition of all
> clients
> to the new logon process will take several weeks, I don't want to allow
> users
> to connect to the network automatically, only to the local machine and
> allow
> the batch file to run.
>
> I am looking for suggestions on how to allow automatic logon and the
> ability
> to run a batch file on an individiual client while it is connected to the
> domain.
>
> Thanks
> a go workstations logon to the I


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