Windows 2000 Server AutoAdminLogon

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Ariel Morg

Hi all

Hoping someone could tell me the registry value that holds the password for
AutoAdminLogon
Added the other neccesary keys , but the system offcourse gives me an
invalid password message when rebooting..

Help apreciated...
 
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Dave Patrick

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.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

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| Hi all
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| Hoping someone could tell me the registry value that holds the password
for
| AutoAdminLogon
| Added the other neccesary keys , but the system offcourse gives me an
| invalid password message when rebooting..
|
| Help apreciated...
|
|
 
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Shalom B.

That's not a very wise thing to do, enabling an autologon on a server,
that's insane and the risk is increased hundred-fold (actually,
unlimited) as this logon is priveleged (you can do damage to your own
setup easier, a malicious program dropped into your system can use your
own priveleges and do unlimited damage, worse still if you are in a
Active Directory domain), Just think of the implications. There is no
excuse to be doing this, remember your company's information security
comes before anything else, even usability, guard your company's
information with your life.

If i were you i'd only ever log on as admin if that was really really
necessary and so far i have never ever had the need to (well, only
initially to create the initial users and groups and to configure an MMC
console, et al).

You should step down, logon on as a normal user (Domain User) and use
the RUNAS command to invoke applications or processes that require
administrator's priveleges, almost all parts of the Windows system can
be accessed using RUNAS.EXE.
 
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Ariel Morg

Thanks alot for the adwise , I'll do as you suggest ASAP
This is a server beeing the PDC running AD so security should come first.
Thanks again for the concern and aswise .)
 

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