Autologon a workstation in a domain

[Jeremy Sun]

How to enable autologon of a workstation in a domain?

I have added:

AutoAdminlogon
ForceAutoLogon
DefaultDomain
DefaultUsername
DefaultPassword

I have also disable policy related to:

Displaying last user login name...

What else do I need?

Regards,
Jeremy

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

How to enable autologon of a workstation in a domain?

I have added:

AutoAdminlogon
ForceAutoLogon
DefaultDomain
DefaultUsername
DefaultPassword

I have also disable policy related to:

Displaying last user login name...

What else do I need?

Regards,
Jeremy

The simplest and most universal way is probably to download
and install TweakUI. It's free.

 

[Dave Patrick]

Nothing else. Should work.

Also check that the value of "DontDisplayLastUserName" = 0
found at
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| How to enable autologon of a workstation in a domain?
|
| I have added:
|
| AutoAdminlogon
| ForceAutoLogon
| DefaultDomain
| DefaultUsername
| DefaultPassword
|
| I have also disable policy related to:
|
| Displaying last user login name...
|
| What else do I need?
|
| Regards,
| Jeremy
|
|

 

[Jeremy Sun]

The simplest and most universal way is probably to download

and install TweakUI. It's free.

Well, I did and it wasn't working.

Anything else?

 

[Jeremy Sun]

checked and checked. No, it is still not working.

 

[Dave Patrick]

Yes it does work. Check your steps again.

How to Enable Automatic Logon in Windows NT
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q97597

How to Enable Automatic Logon in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q234/5/62.ASP


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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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:
| checked and checked. No, it is still not working.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Well, I did and it wasn't working.

Anything else?

Have a look here:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310584

The item is meant for servers but it might work for workstations too.

 

[Jeremy Sun]

Everytime I reboot the computer, the Entry AutoAdminLogon has changed from
REG_SZ to REG_DWORD.

This is probably why I am unable to make the workstation autologon.

Any similar experience?

 

[Jeremy Sun]

Everytime I reboot the computer, the Entry AutoAdminLogon has changed from
REG_SZ to REG_DWORD automatically.

This is probably why I am unable to make the workstation autologon.

Any idea why this happened?

 

[Dave Patrick]

Probably virus or spyware related.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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:
| Everytime I reboot the computer, the Entry AutoAdminLogon has changed from
| REG_SZ to REG_DWORD.
|
| This is probably why I am unable to make the workstation autologon.
|
| Any similar experience?

 

[Jeremy Sun]

Quite unlikely.

I have symantec antivirus installed and update to date. The workstation is
also locked tied by GPO with up to throat file and registry security. I
would think that it has something to do with one of the group policy or
event one of the hotfix/service pack.

I have no luck with it.

BTW I found that the auto logon set by the autologon dialog box that is
available does not have the defaultpassword. I wonder where they store the
password.

 

[Dave Patrick]

In the case of GPO you'll probably want to take it up with your systems
administrator.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Quite unlikely.
|
| I have symantec antivirus installed and update to date. The workstation is
| also locked tied by GPO with up to throat file and registry security. I
| would think that it has something to do with one of the group policy or
| event one of the hotfix/service pack.
|
| I have no luck with it.
|
| BTW I found that the auto logon set by the autologon dialog box that is
| available does not have the defaultpassword. I wonder where they store the
| password.

 

[Jeremy Sun]

I am the system administrator.

And I don't recall setting any policy that lead to this result.

Many thanks. At least I know that there are people with autologon SP4 and
all the new hotfixes but not having the problem. I was thinking that it has
something to do with one of the security hotfixes.