autologon with restricted user? best way to install software for restricted user?

[Les Caudle]

I joined a new win2000 SP4 box to an NT4 domain and set the user up as
restricted (from the Win2000 box when I joined the domain).

TweakUI no longer has the auto-logon feature visible.

1. Is there a version of TweakUI (that will work on win2000 - or another
utility) that will allow a restricted user (who can't install programs, etc.)
to be setup as auto-logon?

2. What is the best way to go about installing software on this 'restricted'
box? Should I just login as an admin - or is there a tool to make this easier
to do?

 

[Jerold Schulman]

I joined a new win2000 SP4 box to an NT4 domain and set the user up as
restricted (from the Win2000 box when I joined the domain).

TweakUI no longer has the auto-logon feature visible.

1. Is there a version of TweakUI (that will work on win2000 - or another
utility) that will allow a restricted user (who can't install programs, etc.)
to be setup as auto-logon?

2. What is the best way to go about installing software on this 'restricted'
box? Should I just login as an admin - or is there a tool to make this easier
to do?

From your workstation, using REG.EXE from the support tools that you installed from the CD-ROM, using the registry entries from tip 4 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsiinc.com

REG.EXE ADD "\\RestrictedBox\HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" /V DefaultDomainName /D "NetBiosDomainName" /F
REG.EXE ADD "\\RestrictedBox\HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" /V DefaultPassword /D "Non-BlankPassword" /F
REG.EXE ADD "\\RestrictedBox\HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" /V DefaultUserName /D "UserNameName" /F
REG.EXE ADD "\\RestrictedBox\HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" /V AutoAdminLogon /D "1" /F


Installing software depends on the software and how it updates the registry and file system on the restricted box.
If you install as Admin, you may have to copy shortcuts and registry entries to the users profile and
may have to grant them permission to write the apps registry keys.


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