XP Autologon 1

[waltp9999]

I want my XP system to automatically logon so I've tried TweakUI and changing the registry directly. I get one autologon, then the value reverts back to 0. What is going on? How do I make it stick?

Thanks,
Walt

 

[Beer4meok]

control panel/user accounts/change the way users log on or off.

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Dave

 

[bcastner]

I think there is a block to autologon if you have fast user switching enabled.

 

[Beer4meok]

Maybe there is an other way, but I changed mine this afternoon using "fast user switching" and it works fine with XP Pro.

If there is more than one user on the machine it will still ask you to click a name.

If there is only one user and no guest account it should go in right away with no other screens.

Unless I am misunderstanding autologon


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[waltp9999]

Dave,

So with your test and mine, it seems XP decides that:
1) If no other users, autologon is an OK thing
2) If more than one user, autologon because it's set, then reset to zero because the user won't know who's logging on next time.
Does that sound like your conclusion? MS's "Protect the user from himself" syndrome?

Walt

 

[vickero007]

In the registry you should have these entries in this key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

AutoAdminLogon=1

DefaultDomain or Local WorkstationName=Name of Domain or Local Workstation

DefaultUserName=Windows User Name

DefaultPassword=Windows Password for the DefaultUserName specified above

Do you?

-Volkoff007

 

[Beer4meok]

I think these links may send you back to where you started,but they explain how it works,I was wrong about the guest account it seems it can be on or off.

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_autologon_pro.htm

also,

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_wel_screen.htm

volkoff007 mine reads, AutoAdminLogon=0 ,the rest is the same

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[waltp9999]

Volkoff007, yes I do. When I set AutoAdminLogon=1 and reboot, the user is logged on and AutoAdminLogon is reset to 0.

Dave, the first link held the answer. The key was:
"From an Administrator account, click Start, Run and enter CONTROL USERPASSWORDS2 Remove the check mark from 'Users must enter a username and password' and click Apply."

That was the key. Now everything is gravy!

Thanks much,
Walt