Auto-logon

[DPM]

Platform: XP home.

Two questions:

1. Is there a way to force a logon with a particular user without any screen
interaction? I need an unattended machine to power up to a logged on state
without intervention.

2. In Power Options I set my machine to hibernate in 2 hours, but it never
does. It will hibernate if forced to do so manually. Is there any magic to
getting a machine to automatically hibernate, and is there a log or some
other way to determine what prevents it?

Thanks,
Dean

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Do not use control userpasswords2 to create accounts if you are using XP
Home!!!

[[You can also use turn on automatic logon without editing the registry in
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition and in Microsoft Windows XP Professional
on a computer that is not joined to a domain. To do this, follow these
steps:

1. Click Start and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type control userpasswords2 and then click OK.

Note When users try to display help information in the User Accounts window
in Windows XP Home Edition, the help information is not displayed.
Additionally, users receive the following error message:

Cannot find the Drive:\Windows\System32\users.hlp Help file. Check to see
that the file exists on your hard disk drive. If it does not exist, you must
reinstall it.

3. Clear the "Users must enter a user name and password to use this
computer" check box, and then click Apply.
4. In the Automatically Log On window, type the password in the Password
box, and then retype the password in the Confirm Password box.
5. Click OK to close the Automatically Log On window, and then click OK to
close the User Accounts window. ]]

From...
How to turn on automatic logon in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315231

Do not use control userpasswords2 to create accounts if you are using XP
Home!!!

So you've lost (or never had) Standby and/or Hibernate?
http://www.rickrogers.org/standby.htm

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[DPM]

Wes,

Thanks for the advice - I'll try it tonight and report.

"So you've lost (or never had) Standby and/or Hibernate?" No, if I select
them manually they both work. But the computer does not seem to go into
either state automatically. So I guess I need to see if an application is
preventing it. Is Trillian an known offender in this area?

Thanks,
Dean

Do not use control userpasswords2 to create accounts if you are using XP
Home!!!

[[You can also use turn on automatic logon without editing the registry in
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition and in Microsoft Windows XP Professional
on a computer that is not joined to a domain. To do this, follow these
steps:

1. Click Start and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type control userpasswords2 and then click OK.

Note When users try to display help information in the User Accounts window
in Windows XP Home Edition, the help information is not displayed.
Additionally, users receive the following error message:

Cannot find the Drive:\Windows\System32\users.hlp Help file. Check to see
that the file exists on your hard disk drive. If it does not exist, you must
reinstall it.

3. Clear the "Users must enter a user name and password to use this
computer" check box, and then click Apply.
4. In the Automatically Log On window, type the password in the Password
box, and then retype the password in the Confirm Password box.
5. Click OK to close the Automatically Log On window, and then click OK to
close the User Accounts window. ]]

From...
How to turn on automatic logon in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315231

Do not use control userpasswords2 to create accounts if you are using XP
Home!!!

So you've lost (or never had) Standby and/or Hibernate?
http://www.rickrogers.org/standby.htm

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Platform: XP home.

Two questions:

1. Is there a way to force a logon with a particular user without any
screen interaction? I need an unattended machine to power up to a logged
on state without intervention.

2. In Power Options I set my machine to hibernate in 2 hours, but it never
does. It will hibernate if forced to do so manually. Is there any magic
to getting a machine to automatically hibernate, and is there a log or
some other way to determine what prevents it?

Thanks,
Dean

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Dean,

Is Trillian an known offender in this area?

Who's she?

Seriously, I had to look up Trillian to see what it was and my guess would
be yes.

Troubleshooting Hibernate & Standby Issues for Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_standby.htm

How to troubleshoot hibernation and standby issues in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/907477

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Wes,

Thanks for the advice - I'll try it tonight and report.

"So you've lost (or never had) Standby and/or Hibernate?" No, if I select
them manually they both work. But the computer does not seem to go into
either state automatically. So I guess I need to see if an application is
preventing it. Is Trillian an known offender in this area?

Thanks,
Dean

Do not use control userpasswords2 to create accounts if you are using XP
Home!!!

[[You can also use turn on automatic logon without editing the registry
in Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition and in Microsoft Windows XP
Professional on a computer that is not joined to a domain. To do this,
follow these steps:

1. Click Start and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type control userpasswords2 and then click OK.

Note When users try to display help information in the User Accounts
window in Windows XP Home Edition, the help information is not displayed.
Additionally, users receive the following error message:

Cannot find the Drive:\Windows\System32\users.hlp Help file. Check to see
that the file exists on your hard disk drive. If it does not exist, you
must reinstall it.

3. Clear the "Users must enter a user name and password to use this
computer" check box, and then click Apply.
4. In the Automatically Log On window, type the password in the Password
box, and then retype the password in the Confirm Password box.
5. Click OK to close the Automatically Log On window, and then click OK
to close the User Accounts window. ]]

From...
How to turn on automatic logon in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315231

Do not use control userpasswords2 to create accounts if you are using XP
Home!!!

So you've lost (or never had) Standby and/or Hibernate?
http://www.rickrogers.org/standby.htm

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Platform: XP home.

Two questions:

1. Is there a way to force a logon with a particular user without any
screen interaction? I need an unattended machine to power up to a
logged on state without intervention.

2. In Power Options I set my machine to hibernate in 2 hours, but it
never does. It will hibernate if forced to do so manually. Is there
any magic to getting a machine to automatically hibernate, and is there
a log or some other way to determine what prevents it?

Thanks,
Dean