Auto login after OOBE

[pkx]

I'm in the process of building my second unattended windows install. On the first one I did a year ago, the system automatically logged in for the first time as the top user after the OOBE asks for a list of users.

This is the desired result.

On my latest build, after the OOBE asks for a list of users, I just get the classic login screen.

How do I make it automatically login as the first user specified once?

Thanks!

[pkx]

Sorry for the bump, but does anyone have any ideas? I've been fighting with this for days .

If I set AutoLogon=Yes, then the OOBE user screen doesn't even come up and the machine automatically logs in as the administrator acct... even if it does not have a blank password.

How do I get it to automatically log on as the first user I specify during OOBE?

Thanks!

[Lazy8]

Try setting AutoLogon to "No", and using one of these methods to designate the user you wish to log on.

http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/27/

FullUnattend mode will halt at the MiniSetup screen, and prompt you for a username. If you wish to bypass this, try DefaultHide instead.

[pkx]

Try setting AutoLogon to "No", and using one of these methods to designate the user you wish to log on.

http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/27/

FullUnattend mode will halt at the MiniSetup screen, and prompt you for a username. If you wish to bypass this, try DefaultHide instead.

Thanks Lazy8. I tried DefaultHide and it still did not have my desired result. I can't use autologon in the registry because I don't know the username that the person will type in at the OOBE screen... and I don't want to specify the username in the OOBEINFO.INI because I want the user to be able to choose it.

Here is the beginning of my WINNT.SIF:

[Data]
Autopartition = 0
MsDosInitiated = 0
UnattendedInstall = Yes

[Unattended]
UnattendMode = DefaultHide
UnattendSwitch = No
OemPreinstall = Yes
OemSkipEula = Yes
FileSystem = *
WaitForReboot = No
NoWaitAfterTextMode = 1
NoWaitAfterGUIMode = 1
DriverSigningPolicy = Ignore
NonDriverSigningPolicy = Ignore

[SystemRestore]

[GuiUnattended]
EncryptedAdminPassword = No
AdminPassword = L0caLAdm1n
TimeZone = 04
OEMSkipRegional = 1
OemSkipWelcome = 1

Any other ideas?

[fly]

Would turning off the classic login screen off help, instead using the welcome screen?

edit: nevermind, i dont think that would help at all. Don't mind me.

Edited January 12, 2006 by fly

[pkx]

Figured it out!!

When I did my previous one by hand, I had the HKLM keys inserted in RunOnceEx.

NLite inserts HLKM entries prior to RunOnceEx.

If Classic logon is turned ON prior to RunOnceEx (HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon","LogonType",0x00010001,0), you get the classic logon screen that wants to login as administrator upon first boot.