How to make windows logon automatically into account? 1

[JoBlink]

I an trying to edit
HKEYLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENT VERSION\WINDOGON\AUTOLOGONADMIN = 1

CURRENTLY IT IS SET TO '0'
WHEN I RESTART, AUTOLOGON WORKS. NEXT RESTART - IT DOESN'T. REGKEY CHANGES BACK TO '0' AUTOMATICALLY.

CAN ANYONE SUGGEST HOW TO CHANGE THIS KEY PERMANENTLY, AND PREVENT OVERWRITES AFTER ONE RESTART?

THANKS

 

[jrbarnett]

Is the computer standalone or part of a domain?

John

 

[JoBlink]

It is a standalone. Does it really make a difference?

 

[jrbarnett]

Yes: domain administrators can set group policies to override a lot of local settings. When you login to the network, the group policy settings will be applied to the computer.

John

 

[JoBlink]

I am logging in as Admin but ther are no groups. Should I create a group and a policy to deal with this issue?

Thanks

 

[Lemon13]

just use tweakui from microsoft (autologon)

 

[Philly44]

I got the following from WinGuides.com and it works perfect.

Add a new string value named 'DefaultUserName' and set it to the username you wish to automatically logon as.

Add a new string value named 'DefaultPassword' and set this to the password for the user entered above.

Add a new string value named 'DefaultDomainName' and set this to the domain of the user. Ignore this value if the NT box is not participating in NT Domain security.

Add a new string value named 'AutoAdminLogon' and set it to either '1' to enable auto logon or '0' to disable it.
For Windows 2000 the additional ForceAutoLogon setting must be enabled to stop the tweak from resetting on reboot.

 

[JoBlink]

Tweak UI worked. Thanks
P{hilly44, I already have all tose values, and AutoAdminLogon is RESETTING ITSELF to 0 every other iteration.
TweakUI works best

 

[PuterLuver]

to auto login for 2000 pro or xp, go to run... and type "control userpasswords2" and uncheck "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer." When you click OK, you will get prompted to enter a user name and password for future auto-login use.

-PuterLuver

 

[TSGTEC]

I had the same thing happen to me with the value resetting itself back to "0". The last time that I tried, I clicked on another reg key before closing regedit. Then after rebooting the key finally save as value "1". Stranger things have happened.

 

[JoBlink]

I tried that: It is already unchecked. Maybe setting value in TweakUI did that.