rename and autologin

[phoenix]

I am conducting a scripted computer rename and move within AD usinf WMI
and vbsript .. once this has completed the computer restarts.. often I
find the autologon fails (not all the time), and it's quite random and I
cant really explain why.

A manual login will work, but the autologin will not.

We have looked at AD replication and this appears to be ok.

We have also tried delaying the restart to allow AD to sync.

Both these have had limited success. Not anything we can rely on 100%
of the time which is critical for us.

We are running Vista sp1, and server 2003 with latest sp.

The script running without an autologon is fine. The rename and Ad move
work very well.

any ideas ?

 

[phoenix]

Just some more pointers that may be helpful..

I am running this on a notebook with a LAN and wireless card.
Upon reboot I can login manually almost straight away despite the
autologin failing.

 

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

Just some more pointers that may be helpful..

I am running this on a notebook with a LAN and wireless card.
Upon reboot I can login manually almost straight away despite the
autologin failing.

What do the following registry entries show on systems that work, and
those that do not work?

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\DefaultUserName
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\DefaultPassword
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\AutoLogonCount
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\AutoAdminLogon