Auto Logon

[imported_JFG]

Basically I have 3 machines that are set to auto logon (set in the registry) under the same domain account ( didn't think it was a good idea but I was overruled) Anyway, I want the logon to delay for 60 seconds so all the services will be started before the account is logged in. Anyone know how this can be done

 

[dawks]

This might help...

How to delay the loading of specific services..

It looks like a fair amount of work though. Perhaps someone will have a another/better answer..

 

[Woodie]

I don't know.

That said...you might be able to set up a GPO login script that runs in synchronous mode, and all the script does is: sleep 60.
It wouldn't block the logon, but it would stop user processing until the script has completed. (which would block access to the desktop, startup folder, tasbar, etc..)

 

[imported_JFG]

Thanks. The problem is the auto logon accounts tries to log in before the domain is available, so it fails. I need for the logon to wait for the domain to become available. I created a local policy to wait for the network before logon, but it didn't work. Dawks, I tried your suggestion but I can't seem to get it to work

 

[mikecel79]

Originally posted by: JFG
Thanks. The problem is the auto logon accounts tries to log in before the domain is available, so it fails. I need for the logon to wait for the domain to become available. I created a local policy to wait for the network before logon, but it didn't work. Dawks, I tried your suggestion but I can't seem to get it to work

That doesn't make any sense. I have used auto login to the domain for production machines where the operators do not know the password. This works great on 2k and XP machines. What do you mean the domain is not available yet? By the time the logon prompt comes up (when the auto login starts) you should already have an IP address and the computer should have setup the secure channel with a DC. You need to find out why that's happening first, instead of making a hack like stopping it for 60 seconds.

 

[imported_JFG]

It has worked in the past. We upgraded to higher end servers and I get the "domain is not available" on 2 of the machines & works on 1 of them. If I wait 3 seconds or so and click CTL-ALT-DEL it works. & these are 2003 servers.

 

[nweaver]

the "reg hack" is Start->Run->control userpasswords2, just as an FYI