Grettings all,

Well i have been experiencing something strange and i thought i would ask around and see if any of you have experienced this problem or if there is a known solution - or maybe i have just stuffed up.

ok here is the GuiUnattended entries i am presently using in my winnt.sif.

[GuiUnattended] ; this doesn't work

AdminPassword=b837e19483d00fe9aad3b435b51404eeacc35fb5d6dba92e662fe86a6dc59a84

EncryptedAdminPassword=Yes

AutoLogon=Yes

AutoLogonCount=1

OEMSkipRegional = 1

OEMSkipWelcome = 1

TimeZone=225

Now the issue that i have is simple - the autologon doesn't occur... I have done some testing and if i put a plain text AdminPassword in and turn of the Encryption the Autologon works perfectly. example of working settings below.

[GuiUnattended] ; This works.

AdminPassword="mypassword"

EncryptedAdminPassword=NO

AutoLogon=Yes

AutoLogonCount=1

OEMSkipRegional = 1

OEMSkipWelcome = 1

TimeZone=225

Does anyone have any ideas about this, has anyone else had this problem, or is there a know solution for this?

Cheers,

Felix

Taken from the documentation of [GUIUnattended]:

Important

Encrypting the Administrator password in the EncryptedAdminPassword entry disables AutoLogon.

So it's not a bug, it's a 'feature'....

Sorry, but I have no tip on a workaround for this.

Edited July 29, 200422 yr by ToBe

Taken from the documentation of [GUIUnattended]:

Important

Encrypting the Administrator password in the EncryptedAdminPassword entry disables AutoLogon.

So it's not a bug, it's a 'feature'....

Sorry, but I have no tip on a workaround for this.

Hi Tobe,

Thanks - I must have missed that note in the docs.... it's a real bummer!

Felix

try making a .reg tweak 2 apply @ t-13 (look on http://unattended.msfn.org for the way 2 do this)

maybe its something 2 do with there only being allowed so many characters in winnt.sif (i dont use a password so i dont have that feature)

hope this helps

if you don't mind me asking how in the earth do you rember your password?

if you don't mind me asking how in the earth do you rember your password?

b837e19483d00fe9aad3b435b51404eeacc35fb5d6dba92e662fe86a6dc59a84 is the password encrypted.

Duh.. You are aware that they are decryptable, aren't you? Not that I know, but I know that people can do it. Which means that I wouldn't put my password out like that. *heh*

doesnt really do anyone much good, i could say my password is "MCT12345" & have it change every reboot via a script