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autoload a user
Name: mherber2 Date: March 6, 2007 at 17:57:33 Pacific OS: 98 se CPU/Ram: unknown Product: dell
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hi, i take care of about 50 computers. each computer has two users:employee and administrator. i need to be able to auto load the employee account at start up. how can i achive this goal?
Name: Derek Date: March 6, 2007 at 18:20:55 Pacific
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All W98SE ?
DerekW
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Response Number 2
Name: Derek Date: March 6, 2007 at 18:24:04 Pacific
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Is this a continuation of the question below?
DerekW
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Response Number 3
Name: mherber2 Date: March 6, 2007 at 18:50:29 Pacific
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nope no continue and i have 10 xp and 50 98se
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Response Number 4
Name: Derek Date: March 6, 2007 at 19:03:55 Pacific
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Can't say I'm too well versed in this but XP is pretty easy to set to come up with a specific account. Best I know about in W98SE is to arrange to have your own desktop, maybe email (but not much else).
Kinda tricky to automate I would think. Let's see if anyone else has some bright ideas.
Good luck
DerekW
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Response Number 5
Name: mherber2 Date: March 6, 2007 at 19:05:17 Pacific
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thank you derek
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Response Number 6
Name: dave01 Date: March 6, 2007 at 22:13:21 Pacific
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You could install TweakUI on the XP machines and set to auto logon with user name and password. There really isn't an administrator function in Win98 but the same procedure would work.
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Response Number 7
Name: mherber2 Date: March 7, 2007 at 16:25:07 Pacific
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isn't there a registry edit that will do it in 98?
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Response Number 8
Name: Jennifer SUMN Date: March 8, 2007 at 06:16:44 Pacific
Create a new string value called AutoAdminLogon and set the value to 1
Create a new string value called DefaultPassword and set the value to the password
Create a new string value called DefaultUserName and set the value to the username
That's it.
Life is more painless for those who are brainless.
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Response Number 9
Name: mherber2 Date: March 8, 2007 at 14:20:44 Pacific
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will that auto load the admin or the employee account?
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Response Number 10
Name: mherber2 Date: March 8, 2007 at 15:13:47 Pacific
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the regisrty edit did not work i tried yours about 6 times with each user. maybe there is another? or ther was a typo?
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Response Number 11
Name: Jennifer SUMN Date: March 9, 2007 at 05:02:37 Pacific
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No typo on my part. Your question "will that auto load the admin or the employee account?" It will autoload whichever userid you enter as the value for that entry.
Life's more painless for the brainless.
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Response Number 12
Name: mherber2 Date: March 9, 2007 at 13:01:39 Pacific
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is it a string value for the AutoAdminLonon or is it binary value
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Response Number 13
Name: Jennifer SUMN Date: March 10, 2007 at 08:38:02 Pacific
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