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Changing default logon


bludtaino

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I just did my first unattended install of XP and now, each time I restart my computer, it restarts in the Admin logon instead of just the Welcome screen (which would be great) or my primary user account (which would be great as well).

I tried to do a search, and I ended up getting things relating to how many times it should autologon.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

Namaste

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XP Pro.

I would like to not log into Admin by default. I would prefer to go to the welcome screen and choose, but if not, I can go straight into my primary user account. I have no idea how to utilize the Group Policy Service.

Thanks in advance.

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My mistake, it isn't the group policy, it's a registry key.

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

"AutoAdminLogon"="0"

Setting autoadminlogon to 0 will stop the auto login process.

Edited by kegobeer
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That worked fabulously. Thanks again.

It did, however, lead to an additional question . . .

When chaning that setting, I noticed a registry entry marked "DefaultUserName" & "DefaultPassword". The first one has a value of "Administrator" and the second has a value of my Administrator password. Would it be safe to either delete these keys or change their values to zero?

Thank you again.

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Here's another sugestion. Type "control userpasswords2" in the run box. This will allow you to select a user and make that user log-in automatically. This should also modify the "DefaultUserName" & "DefaultPassword" registry keys.

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