Won't AutoLogin

[Asin]

My unattended CD does everything that I want it to except for auto logging into the computer after the GUI setup phase. At first I thought that it was because of a reboot during the setup which decreased the auto login count by 1, so I increased the number to 2 and it still didn't work.

Here's my WINNT.SIF:

[Data]
    AutomaticUpdates = Yes
    AutoPartition = 1
    MsDosInitiated = "0"
    UnattendedInstall = "Yes"

[Unattended]
    AutoActivate = Yes
    DriverSigningPolicy = Ignore
    FileSystem = *
    NonDriverSigningPolicy = Ignore
    OemPreinstall = Yes
    OemSkipEula = Yes
    OemPnPDriversPath = "Drivers\010_NETWORK_D510;Drivers\012_NETWORK_T21;Drivers\020_VIDEO_D510;Drivers\021_VIDEO_DESKPRO;Drivers\030_AUDIO_D510;Drivers\031_AUDIO_DESKPRO;Drivers\040_MODEM_D510;Drivers\042_MODEM_T21;Drivers\052_TRACKPOINT_T21;"
    Repartition = No
    UnattendMode = FullUnattended
    UnattendSwitch = Yes
    WaitForReboot = No
    TargetPath = \WINDOWS

[GuiUnattended]
    AdminPassword = e7c391f042d4422baad3b435b51404eedc04fd2842b835abbe312a485c28504b
    AutoLogon = Yes
    AutoLogonCount = 2
    EncryptedAdminPassword = Yes
    OEMSkipRegional = 1
    OEMSkipWelcome = 1
    TimeZone = 35

[Display]
    BitsPerPel = 32
    Vrefresh = 72
    Xresolution = 1024
    Yresolution = 768
    AutoConfirm = 1

[UserData]
    ComputerName = CHANGE-NAME-PLS
    FullName = "Name"
    OrgName = "Organization"
    ProductKey = xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx

[Shell]
    CustomDefaultThemeFile = "%WINDIR%\Resources\Themes\MyTheme.theme"

[Identification]
    JoinWorkgroup = WORKGROUP

[Components]
    msnexplr = no
    msmsgs = no

[Networking]
    InstallDefaultComponents = No

[TapiLocation]
    CountryCode = 107
    AreaCode = 905
    LongDistanceAccess = "9"
    Dialing = Tone

[RegionalSettings]
    LanguageGroup = 1
    UserLocale = 00000409
    InputLocale = 0409:00000409
    SystemLocale = 00001009

[Branding]
    BrandIEUsingUnattended = Yes

[url="http://%20%20%20%20Home_Page%20=%20%5burl=http://www.mydomain.ca/%5dhttp://www.mydomain.ca/"]
    Home_Page = [url=http://www.mydomain.ca/]http://www.mydomain.ca/[/url]

[Proxy]
    Proxy_Enable = 0
    Use_Same_Proxy = 1

[GuiRunOnce]
    Command0 = "C:\Applications\APPS.BAT"

[NetProtocols]
    MS_TCPIP = params.MS_TCPIP

[NetAdapters]
    Adapter1 = params.Adapter1

[params.Adapter1]
    InfID = *

[params.MS_TCPIP]
    AdapterSections = params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1
    DNS = Yes
    UseDomainNameDevolution = No
    EnableLMHosts = No

[params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1]
    SpecificTo = Adapter1
    DHCP = Yes
    WINS = No
    NetBIOSOptions = 0

[WindowsFirewall]
    Profiles = WindowsFirewall.Standard
    LogFile = %WINDIR%\pfirewall.log
    LogSize = 4096
    LogDroppedPackets = 1
    LogConnections = 1

[WindowsFirewall.Standard]
    Mode = 1
    Exceptions = 1
    Notifications = 1
    PortOpenings = WindowsFirewall.Proxy

[WindowsFirewall.Proxy]
    Protocol = 18
    Port = 1505
    Name = "Proxy (TCP 1505/UDP 1505)"
    Mode = 1
    Scope = 0

[muiz]

http://unattended.msfn.org/

[Asin]

http://unattended.msfn.org/

Thanks. Since you seem to know what is wrong, can you tell me how my winnt.sif file is different than what is shown in the guide?

Edited August 22, 2005 by Asin

[cheezus420]

I found that autologon does not seem to work properly with the encryptedAdminPassword set to yes. Try setting it to no, or just getting rid of that line and just typing in your Password... B)

[Asin]

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing.

It's worked a couple of times in VMware, so it's got to be something else.

[Cartoonite]

It's worked a couple of times in VMware, so it's got to be something else.

This right here is going to be your biggest clue to finding the culprit. Any ideas what changed between when it did work and when it stopped? If you can isolate a few, or even a dozen, although the fewer the better, changes that were made between autologon working and not working, identifying the exact cause will be much easier.

[Asin]

Well, I no longer work at that company so I don't have the resources to do much further testing.

I'm working on my personal laptop that has been around for almost 2 years. I'm afraid that the hard drive will crash sooner than I think, so I'm trying to avoid hard drive intensive work at the moment.

When I get back to university, I'll be able to do more.

The only thing that I can think of is that I added a few applications with a GuiRunOnce batch file. There may have been some other tweaking along the way, like a new winntbbu.dl_ file and changing the default theme, but nothing big.

I guess that it's harder than I thought to only have an Administrator account.