Automatically log user on after reboot

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(imported topic written by SystemAdmin)

Is there a way to pass a user ID and password to automatically log a user into the console?

I have some automated apps that run that have to have a user logged into the console after the systems rebooted.

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(imported comment written by BenKus)

Yes… I think we built this into the console for some testing we were doing… You can try it out although note it is not technically a supported option (although I think it will work fine):

BESConsole.exe

/username

/password

For example, BESConsole.exe /usernamebigfix /passwordbigfix

Ben

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(imported comment written by SystemAdmin)

Okay, hindsight’s 20/20 and I could have described this better… I meant is I want to have a user ID and password passed to a client computer that is being patched. i.e. I want to create an action that logs in a specific user and password to a client computer. What I meant by ‘console’ is the computer keyboard and mouse - not the BES console.

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(imported comment written by SystemAdmin)

If you are looking for a Windows autologon, here is how you set the registry.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

“DefaultUserName”=""

“DefaultDomainName”=""

“DefaultPassword”=""

“ForceAutoLogon”=“1”

“AutoAdminLogon”=“1”

Fill in the user, password, and domain. Save it was a reg file. Import it into the registry. The machine will then auto-logon with the given credentials.

Note: If you log onto the machine with alternate credentials at some point, the auto-logon will “break”. If you wish to resume auto-logon, re-import the reg file.

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(imported comment written by SystemAdmin)

I was hoping to try and do it with some bigfix code or maybe VB. If I modify those keys it will likely flag security. I’m in a fairly high security environment. I think I may have found some VB stuff that might do it though.

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(imported comment written by SystemAdmin)

Hello JonL,

I am developping a fixlet with a .exe that should run only when user with admin rights is logged on, so if a normal user is logged i need to enable autologon for windows so that when the PC is restarted ,the user is logged automatically with the admin credentiels and the .exe is run

I tried the registry stuff, but it didn’t work, is there any additionel action that should be done after modifying the registry values? even on microsoft site ,i found nothing then doing a restart http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315231

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(imported comment written by SystemAdmin)

Ok working Thanks!