password locking windows xp after booting without login screen?

[0roo0roo]

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[bsobel]

Weird request, but doable:

Create a shortcut with "rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation" then put that into your startup folder.

Best,
Bill

 

[Pwnbroker]

Originally posted by: bsobel
Weird request, but doable:

Create a shortcut with "rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation" then put that into your startup folder.

Best,
Bill

Things in the startup folder have to have a user logged in don't they? I would suggest creating a user account without a p/w and have that as the default account to automatically log in. It seems there is an option for it somewhere, at least in W2K and XP there was.

 

[Snapster]

You can set the auto login via the registry. To do the auto lock I would suggest putting bsobel's entry in the registry under HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run key. If you put in the startup folder, your friends can bypass this by holding down shift, and is a slower method also.

 

[0roo0roo]

kewl figured it out

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm
tweak ui for auto login

http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~awilkins/archives/2006/10/automatically_l.html
"Wscript.Sleep 30000
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Run "rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation",1,false"
in a vbs file lock down after 30 seconds