Hi, I've come across an odd situation. We have a number of systems
that are stand-alone machines running windows XP. We use the reg keys
under Winlogon to set the systems to auto logon. On some sites, they
actually log into a domain, others not. One of the machines, on a
domain site, auto-logs in fine, displays the desktop and icons for
about 2 seconds, and then instantly goes to "this computer is locked,
only the admin/user can unlock it.. etc"

If this machined does NOT log into the domain, it works fine. if I
manually log into the domain, it does not do it. only when it auto
logs into the domain. I have 3 other machines on that site however,
all happily able to log into the domain automatically, so its not
group policy related that I can figure.

Any ideas?

Thanks

See if this applies:

CAUSE: This behavior can occur for either of the following reasons:

When the default screen saver is set to use a non-existent screen saver
program.
When you use a corrupted screen saver that is password protected.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/242917
http://www.jsifaq.com/SF/Tips/Tip.aspx?id=4266
--

All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm



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> Hi, I've come across an odd situation. We have a number of systems
> that are stand-alone machines running windows XP. We use the reg keys
> under Winlogon to set the systems to auto logon. On some sites, they
> actually log into a domain, others not. One of the machines, on a
> domain site, auto-logs in fine, displays the desktop and icons for
> about 2 seconds, and then instantly goes to "this computer is locked,
> only the admin/user can unlock it.. etc"
>
> If this machined does NOT log into the domain, it works fine. if I
> manually log into the domain, it does not do it. only when it auto
> logs into the domain. I have 3 other machines on that site however,
> all happily able to log into the domain automatically, so its not
> group policy related that I can figure.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks
>

On Aug 16, 2:43 am, "Kelly" <ke...@mvps.org> wrote:
> See if this applies:
>
> CAUSE: This behavior can occur for either of the following reasons:
>
> When the default screen saver is set to use a non-existent screen saver
> program.
> When you use a corrupted screen saver that is password protected.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2429...p.aspx?id=4266
> --
>
> All the Best,
> Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)
>
> Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm
>
> <vidgu...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>
>
> > Hi, I've come across an odd situation. We have a number of systems
> > that are stand-alone machines running windows XP. We use the reg keys
> > under Winlogon to set the systems to auto logon. On some sites, they
> > actually log into a domain, others not. One of the machines, on a
> > domain site, auto-logs in fine, displays the desktop and icons for
> > about 2 seconds, and then instantly goes to "this computer is locked,
> > only the admin/user can unlock it.. etc"
>
> > If this machined does NOT log into the domain, it works fine. if I
> > manually log into the domain, it does not do it. only when it auto
> > logs into the domain. I have 3 other machines on that site however,
> > all happily able to log into the domain automatically, so its not
> > group policy related that I can figure.
>
> > Any ideas?
>
> > Thanks - Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

almost, but not quite it seems. This is happening AFTER the AutoLogon
happens. the box starts up, completes an Auto logon, then immediately
goes to the locked page.

Those both appear to relate to this happening while sitting idle at
the logon screen.

Any further ideas? This is a rather bizzare problem. I've hunted down
nearly every registry entry I can find relating to locking and auto
logon, but still no luck!

On Sep 19, 11:10 am, vidgui...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Aug 16, 2:43 am, "Kelly" <ke...@mvps.org> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > See if this applies:
>
> > CAUSE: This behavior can occur for either of the following reasons:
>
> > When the default screen saver is set to use a non-existent screen saver
> > program.
> > When you use a corrupted screen saver that is password protected.
>
> >http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2429....com/SF/Tips/T...
> > --
>
> > All the Best,
> > Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)
>
> > Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm
>
> > <vidgu...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> >news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> > > Hi, I've come across an odd situation. We have a number of systems
> > > that are stand-alone machines running windows XP. We use the reg keys
> > > under Winlogon to set the systems to auto logon. On some sites, they
> > > actually log into a domain, others not. One of the machines, on a
> > > domain site, auto-logs in fine, displays the desktop and icons for
> > > about 2 seconds, and then instantly goes to "this computer is locked,
> > > only the admin/user can unlock it.. etc"
>
> > > If this machined does NOT log into the domain, it works fine. if I
> > > manually log into the domain, it does not do it. only when it auto
> > > logs into the domain. I have 3 other machines on that site however,
> > > all happily able to log into the domain automatically, so its not
> > > group policy related that I can figure.
>
> > > Any ideas?
>
> > > Thanks - Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> almost, but not quite it seems. This is happening AFTER the AutoLogon
> happens. the box starts up, completes an Auto logon, then immediately
> goes to the locked page.
>
> Those both appear to relate to this happening while sitting idle at
> the logon screen.
>
> Any further ideas? This is a rather bizzare problem. I've hunted down
> nearly every registry entry I can find relating to locking and auto
> logon, but still no luck!- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Found the problem. turns out it was an incorrectly configured PC
Anywhere host!!!