Re: Automated Admin Login

Tech-Archive recommends: Fix windows errors by optimizing your registry

1) Open the Registry editor: Start > Run > Regedit or regedt32
2) Navigate to:
HKey_Local_Machine/Software/Microsoft/Windows NT/Current Version
3) Double-click the WINLOGON key
4) On the resulting window, change the values for:
Autoadminlogon to 1
Defaultusername - enter username
Defaultpassword - enter password
5) Ensure that DontDisplayLastUserName value is set to 0.

Note: TweakUI, a free download from Microsoft, can also be used to do this.

Also check out Autologon v1.0 at:
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/misc.shtml

Further reference:
How to Enable Automatic Logon in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q234562/

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Todd J Heron, MCSE
Windows Server 2003/2000/NT; CCA
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