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Autologon

The procedure is straightforward: under the key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\
create or change the following parameters (all are of REG_SZ type - a string):

AutoAdminLogon = 1
DefaultUserName = UserName
DefaultPassword = Password
DefaultDomainName = DomainName

The DefaultDomainName is optional and you may leave it as it is.

Once you change these settings, system will try to logon automatically with these credentials every reboot.

Moreover, if it is Windows NT, even after the logoff, the system will logon back again as UserName. To prevent it do logoff/logon with Shift key pressed. If it is Windows 2000, then after the logoff, the system will not autologon automatically as NT does. If you need the same behaviour, you will require one more parameter under the same key (string type too):

ForceAutoLogon = 1

I've met one more interesting parameter to control this process:

AutoLogonCount = N

The parameter is decremented by the system every logon. Could be useful if you need the feature to work only N times. Then AutoAdminLogon will be set to 0, and AutoLogonCount will be deleted.

Recommended links: www.winguides.com, support.microsoft.com

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