tha_toadman

does it matter if the password is encrypted or not? i have an encrypted password and 'autologon' in my winnt.sif file yet it doesn't auto logon? the only thing i don't have in my is the 'autologoncount' but that really shouldn't matter right? everything else from furbie's post matches in mine but my password is encrypted and his isn't.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability] "ShutdownReasonOn"=dword:00000000 So here's the catch....You have to create the "Reliability" key for the registry. I used that same information from spaceboy's post and it worked! There was another entry in that location that said "Terminal Services" or just "Terminal". Anyway, I added the "Reliability" key and made a new DWORD entry with the info in the quote and it worked. Thanks to both of you for your help!

spaceboy, thanks for the info. how would a guy go about implementing this though? RunOnceEx, custom .cmd script, or something else?

So I have a working unattended CD for win 2003 server but I am not sure how to approach the registry mod that disables the shutdown event tracker? I've used a batch file before on another install but do I need to use that here? Or would I copy the a regkey and then overwrite the original during the install? I just need to change the one value and that's it. Thanks all!