Tweakui fo XP

[thewolfe]

I am tweaking my new computer and want to bypass the logon screen. I have set Auto logon in Tweakui but it won't keep the setting. There use to be a \"Parinoia\" tab in the older version so you could tell it not to change settings or something like that.

What next?

[Krom]

What version of TweakUI are you using?

Also make sure \"show the welcome screen\" is enabled, plus you can try disabling fast user switching.

[TechPro]

Are you trying to do the auto login with a username that has no password? The auto login won't work without a password having been set.

I don't use TweakUi to accomplish any auto login because it's is often not reliable at getting that job done. I have over 50 \"single purpose\" computers that I maintain at my job (in addition to a lot of other duties...) and those \"single purpose\" systems have to automatically login each and every single time without fail. TweakUi just doesn't cut it good enough for that.

Here's what I do:

• 1. Make a text file and set it's extension to \".reg\"
  2. In the file place the following text:

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  Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
  
  [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Winlogon]
  \"DefaultUserName\"=\"username\"
  \"AutoAdminLogon\"=\"1\"
  \"DefaultDomainName\"=\"workgroup\"
  \"DefaultPassword\"=\"password\"

  3. Change \"username\" to the user name to automatically login as. Must be in quotes.
  4. Change \"password\" to the password used by that username. -- CANNOT BE BLANK !! Must have a password. Must be in quotes.
  5. Change \"workgroup\" to whatever workgroup or domain your computer is on. Must be in quotes.
  5. Save the file
  6. Double-click the saved .reg file to merge the data with the computer's registry.
  7. Re-boot to test

For setting the correct workgroup or domain, if you don't know what your's is, right-click on My Computer, select Properties, click the Computer Name tab, read what the Workgroup is.

I've never used it with Vista, but I don't know of any reason why this wouldn't work with Vista. It works with XP, 2000, and even NT.