I should start off with "please don't flame me for using autologon"

I just rolled out PcAnywhere 11 to a windows 2000 DC. After
restarting the box, the autologon failed. I dont recall the
specifics, but in effect it was "Your username or password are
incorrect". I attempted to delete and add the autologon again, with
no success. I also removed PCanywhere and still no luck.

I have been pouring over articles about the dependencies of the Net
Logon service (which are fine), the various registry keys that could
break autologon "like "DontDisplayLastUserName" and can't seem to find
anything wrong.

It's 1am and I I think my brain is fried. It's probably something
simple, but who knows.

Thanks

Danny Messan

On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 01:20:05 -0400, Danny <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I should start off with "please don't flame me for using autologon"
>
>I just rolled out PcAnywhere 11 to a windows 2000 DC. After
>restarting the box, the autologon failed. I dont recall the
>specifics, but in effect it was "Your username or password are
>incorrect". I attempted to delete and add the autologon again, with
>no success. I also removed PCanywhere and still no luck.
>
>I have been pouring over articles about the dependencies of the Net
>Logon service (which are fine), the various registry keys that could
>break autologon "like "DontDisplayLastUserName" and can't seem to find
>anything wrong.
>
>It's 1am and I I think my brain is fried. It's probably something
>simple, but who knows.
>
>Thanks
>
>Danny Messan
>
See if tip 6635 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsiinc.com helps.


Jerold Schulman
Windows: General MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com

Nope, not a Gina problem.. PCA removes the Gina just fine on uninstall
and it persists.

Thanks,

Danny

On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 07:32:44 -0400, Jerold Schulman <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 01:20:05 -0400, Danny <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>I should start off with "please don't flame me for using autologon"
>>
>>I just rolled out PcAnywhere 11 to a windows 2000 DC. After
>>restarting the box, the autologon failed. I dont recall the
>>specifics, but in effect it was "Your username or password are
>>incorrect". I attempted to delete and add the autologon again, with
>>no success. I also removed PCanywhere and still no luck.
>>
>>I have been pouring over articles about the dependencies of the Net
>>Logon service (which are fine), the various registry keys that could
>>break autologon "like "DontDisplayLastUserName" and can't seem to find
>>anything wrong.
>>
>>It's 1am and I I think my brain is fried. It's probably something
>>simple, but who knows.
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Danny Messan
>>
>See if tip 6635 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsiinc.com helps.
>
>
>Jerold Schulman
>Windows: General MVP
>JSI, Inc.
>http://www.jsiinc.com

Get into the registry and navigate to:
-- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

And check that the DefaultUserName, DefaultDomainName, etc. are all OK. If
not, reconfigure. When in a domain environment, it's much easier to
configure this via the registry anyway. The only plus to the control panel
mechanism is that it hashes the password...

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"Danny" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
Nope, not a Gina problem.. PCA removes the Gina just fine on uninstall
and it persists.

Thanks,

Danny

On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 07:32:44 -0400, Jerold Schulman <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 01:20:05 -0400, Danny <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>I should start off with "please don't flame me for using autologon"
>>
>>I just rolled out PcAnywhere 11 to a windows 2000 DC. After
>>restarting the box, the autologon failed. I dont recall the
>>specifics, but in effect it was "Your username or password are
>>incorrect". I attempted to delete and add the autologon again, with
>>no success. I also removed PCanywhere and still no luck.
>>
>>I have been pouring over articles about the dependencies of the Net
>>Logon service (which are fine), the various registry keys that could
>>break autologon "like "DontDisplayLastUserName" and can't seem to find
>>anything wrong.
>>
>>It's 1am and I I think my brain is fried. It's probably something
>>simple, but who knows.
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Danny Messan
>>
>See if tip 6635 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsiinc.com helps.
>
>
>Jerold Schulman
>Windows: General MVP
>JSI, Inc.
>http://www.jsiinc.com

Yep, have done that.. I have checked the keys manually, and used a
tool from Sysinternals to set them as well.

Win2k server doesnt have a control panel applet to set the autologon.
Sysinternals has a utility that works similar to the other autologon
utilities, but actually encrypts the password, where most don't.

I'm pulling my hair out over this..

Registry looks good.
Have used sysinternals and a few other tools to unset and set the
autologon.
I have verified the Gina.dll registry entries remove ok, and all that.
It's supposed to be working, but it's not.

Danny

On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 19:05:34 +0100, "ptwilliams" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Get into the registry and navigate to:
> -- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
>
>And check that the DefaultUserName, DefaultDomainName, etc. are all OK. If
>not, reconfigure. When in a domain environment, it's much easier to
>configure this via the registry anyway. The only plus to the control panel
>mechanism is that it hashes the password...

Hi Danny,

>Win2k server doesnt have a control panel applet to set the autologon
You can use TweakUI for this or issue following command to bring up
corresponding UI: "control userpasswords2". Can't check right now if this
command will work on 2k server though.

hth,
Al.

"Danny" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Yep, have done that.. I have checked the keys manually, and used a
> tool from Sysinternals to set them as well.
>
> Win2k server doesnt have a control panel applet to set the autologon.
> Sysinternals has a utility that works similar to the other autologon
> utilities, but actually encrypts the password, where most don't.
>
> I'm pulling my hair out over this..
>
> Registry looks good.
> Have used sysinternals and a few other tools to unset and set the
> autologon.
> I have verified the Gina.dll registry entries remove ok, and all that.
> It's supposed to be working, but it's not.
>
> Danny
>
> On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 19:05:34 +0100, "ptwilliams" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
> >Get into the registry and navigate to:
> > -- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
> >
> >And check that the DefaultUserName, DefaultDomainName, etc. are all OK.
If
> >not, reconfigure. When in a domain environment, it's much easier to
> >configure this via the registry anyway. The only plus to the control
panel
> >mechanism is that it hashes the password...
>

FOUND IT!!!!!

I had a program on there, running a s a service, that insisted on
running as a user and not localsystem. In playing around with it, I
used my credentials for the program to run in. I guess that program
logging on as ME was interfering with the account I used for
autologon.

Go figure..

Thanks to all that replied.

Danny Messano


On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 03:55:58 +0400, "Alexander Suhovey"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Hi Danny,
>
>>Win2k server doesnt have a control panel applet to set the autologon
>You can use TweakUI for this or issue following command to bring up
>corresponding UI: "control userpasswords2". Can't check right now if this
>command will work on 2k server though.
>
>hth,
>Al.
>
>"Danny" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Yep, have done that.. I have checked the keys manually, and used a
>> tool from Sysinternals to set them as well.
>>
>> Win2k server doesnt have a control panel applet to set the autologon.
>> Sysinternals has a utility that works similar to the other autologon
>> utilities, but actually encrypts the password, where most don't.
>>
>> I'm pulling my hair out over this..
>>
>> Registry looks good.
>> Have used sysinternals and a few other tools to unset and set the
>> autologon.
>> I have verified the Gina.dll registry entries remove ok, and all that.
>> It's supposed to be working, but it's not.
>>
>> Danny
>>
>> On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 19:05:34 +0100, "ptwilliams" <(E-Mail Removed)>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Get into the registry and navigate to:
>> > -- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
>NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
>> >
>> >And check that the DefaultUserName, DefaultDomainName, etc. are all OK.
>If
>> >not, reconfigure. When in a domain environment, it's much easier to
>> >configure this via the registry anyway. The only plus to the control
>panel
>> >mechanism is that it hashes the password...
>>
>