I just followed the procedure mentioned here : http://superuser.com/q/28647/57124
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One thing not mentioned in the post is that if you set AutoAdminLogin to 1 UAC also gets disabled .... which is awesome. This is because local crontab software will be able to access privalaged services (e.g. reporting services) running on the same computer.
PS: the computer is in a safe location such that anyone who has physical access to the machine is a friend.
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- Click Start, click Run, type
regedit, and then click OK. In Windows Vista/7, simply typeregeditin Start Search and hit Enter. - Navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon - Double-click the
DefaultUserNameentry, type the user name to log on with, and then click OK.IfDefaultUserNameregistry value name is not found, create a new String Value (REG_SZ)with value name asDefaultUserName. - Double-click the
DefaultPasswordentry, type the password for the user account under the value data box, and then click OK.If there is noDefaultPasswordvalue, create a new String Value (REG_SZ) withDefaultPasswordas the value name.Note that if noDefaultPasswordstring is specified, Windows automatically changes the value of theAutoAdminLogonregistry key from 1 (true) to 0 (false) to turn off theAutoAdminLogonfeature. - In Windows Vista/7,
DefaultDomainNamehas to be specified as well, else Windows will prompt for invalid user name with the user name displayed as.\username. To do so, double click onDefaultDomainName, and specify the domain name of the user account. If it’s local user, specify local host name.If theDefaultDomainNamedoes not exist, create a new String Value (REG_SZ) registry key with value name asDefaultDomainName. - Double-click the
AutoAdminLogonentry, type1in the Value Data box, and then click OK.If there is noAutoAdminLogonentry, create a new String Value (REG_SZ) withAutoAdminLogonas the value name. - If it exists, delete the
AutoLogonCountkey. - Quit Registry Editor.
- Click Start, click Restart, and then click OK.
One thing not mentioned in the post is that if you set AutoAdminLogin to 1 UAC also gets disabled .... which is awesome. This is because local crontab software will be able to access privalaged services (e.g. reporting services) running on the same computer.
PS: the computer is in a safe location such that anyone who has physical access to the machine is a friend.
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