automatic login and screen lock on boot and logon scripts

[bulk88]

I want to have a bunch of standard off the shelf computers
automatically login into a certain username and lock the screen
instantly.

Currently I must KVM switch or litterally move a keyboard, mouse and
video cable between machines to start them, then type the password and
login and then lock the screen, I run a clean install of win2k, no
service packs (whats the point? machines dont have tcp/ip stack
installed, only netbeui) and a distributed computing program on them
which require the system be logged in. The nodes return and retrive
work through MS LAN file sharing to a central computer with a TCPIP
stack. I want basic physical security as these machines can access 1-3
sensitive computers through MS LAN SMB/Netbeui file sharing. My problem
is when ever the power goes out, it takes 30-50 mins to turn on 57
machines by hand by moving cables from computer to computer.

My solution is for the machines that can boot without a keyboard
attached, when powered back on after a power outage, to start win2k,
then automatically login but have the screen locked. I found out the
best way to lock the screen is to execute "rundll32.exe
user32.dll,LockWorkStation" in a batch file. I dont want to put this in
the startup folder since im afraid someone will close the batch file
before its run or its not "deep enough". I am thinking of making the
batch file a login script.

Can someone hold down a key or X out the logon batch file window before
it locks the screen? Can anyone think of any better solution to my
problem? Please help. Thank you.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I want to have a bunch of standard off the shelf computers
automatically login into a certain username and lock the screen
instantly.

Currently I must KVM switch or litterally move a keyboard, mouse and
video cable between machines to start them, then type the password and
login and then lock the screen, I run a clean install of win2k, no
service packs (whats the point? machines dont have tcp/ip stack
installed, only netbeui) and a distributed computing program on them
which require the system be logged in. The nodes return and retrive
work through MS LAN file sharing to a central computer with a TCPIP
stack. I want basic physical security as these machines can access 1-3
sensitive computers through MS LAN SMB/Netbeui file sharing. My problem
is when ever the power goes out, it takes 30-50 mins to turn on 57
machines by hand by moving cables from computer to computer.

My solution is for the machines that can boot without a keyboard
attached, when powered back on after a power outage, to start win2k,
then automatically login but have the screen locked. I found out the
best way to lock the screen is to execute "rundll32.exe

user32.dll,LockWorkStation" in a batch file. I dont want to put this in

the startup folder since im afraid someone will close the batch file
before its run or its not "deep enough". I am thinking of making the
batch file a login script.

Can someone hold down a key or X out the logon batch file window before
it locks the screen? Can anyone think of any better solution to my
problem? Please help. Thank you.

Whether you can boot up the machines without keyboard or
monitor depends on their motherboards. Some PCs don't mind;
others beep or demand that your press F1! If all else fails,
consider using WinVNC to log on each machine (although
I don't know if WinVNC works without the TCP/IP stack).

Instead of creating a batch file for your screen saver, place this
command into a Reg_SZ value here:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

"c:\winnt\system32\rundll32.exe" user32.dll,LockWorkStation

AFAIK, users can't break out of this one.