Windows Vista Auto-Logon

I have successfully setup a lab of computers to auto-logon using the below
registry keys. My problem is I am unable to bypass the auto-logon now. You
can bypass it by holding down shift in Windows XP but that does not work in
Vista Business.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\Cu rrentVersion\Winlogon
DefaultUserName
DefaultPassword
AutoAdminLogon = 1
ForceAutoLogon = 1 (Have tried enabling this and disabling it and
still no luck)

Also tried making sure "IgnoreShiftOverride" was set to zero and no
effect.

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Jason

Try pressing F8 for the safe mode menu. Safe Mode With Command Prompt would
let you run a command or .bat file to do a 'Reg delete' on the
AutoAdminLogon Value, then type WIN to get the welcome screen. A 'Reg add'
after logon could put it back.

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"Jason" <jengel@netrixllc.com> wrote in message
news:EFF708FA-4780-4376-8A60-BDAC8F254F9F@microsoft.com...
> I have successfully setup a lab of computers to auto-logon using the below
> registry keys. My problem is I am unable to bypass the auto-logon now.
> You can bypass it by holding down shift in Windows XP but that does not
> work in Vista Business.
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\Cu rrentVersion\Winlogon
> DefaultUserName
> DefaultPassword
> AutoAdminLogon = 1
> ForceAutoLogon = 1 (Have tried enabling this and disabling it
> and still no luck)
>
> Also tried making sure "IgnoreShiftOverride" was set to zero and no
> effect.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
> Thanks
> Jason

1.Click on the Start button and type in 'netplwiz'. This will open the
Advanced User Accounts menu.
2.In the Users tab, highlight the account you want to login to Vista
automatically with, and then 'must enter a username and password to use this
computer'.
3.Click on 'Apply'. A new window will now popup asking you to enter the
password of the account you've just highlighted. Do this, and then click 'Ok'
..
4.Click 'Ok' on the Advanced User Accounts menu to finish.

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"Jason" <jengel@netrixllc.com> wrote in message
news:EFF708FA-4780-4376-8A60-BDAC8F254F9F@microsoft.com...
> I have successfully setup a lab of computers to auto-logon using the below
> registry keys. My problem is I am unable to bypass the auto-logon now.
> You can bypass it by holding down shift in Windows XP but that does not
> work in Vista Business.
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\Cu rrentVersion\Winlogon
> DefaultUserName
> DefaultPassword
> AutoAdminLogon = 1
> ForceAutoLogon = 1 (Have tried enabling this and disabling it
> and still no luck)
>
> Also tried making sure "IgnoreShiftOverride" was set to zero and no
> effect.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
> Thanks
> Jason

why did you do registry tweaks when you can do it from a GUI

go to start> and in the search type

control userpasswords2

and press enter


"Jason" <jengel@netrixllc.com> wrote in message
news:EFF708FA-4780-4376-8A60-BDAC8F254F9F@microsoft.com...
>I have successfully setup a lab of computers to auto-logon using the below
>registry keys. My problem is I am unable to bypass the auto-logon now.
>You can bypass it by holding down shift in Windows XP but that does not
>work in Vista Business.
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\Cu rrentVersion\Winlogon
> DefaultUserName
> DefaultPassword
> AutoAdminLogon = 1
> ForceAutoLogon = 1 (Have tried enabling this and disabling it
> and still no luck)
>
> Also tried making sure "IgnoreShiftOverride" was set to zero and no
> effect.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
> Thanks
> Jason

Logonexpert <a href="http://www.logonexpert.com">autologon</a> software can do it

Pardon, the right link is http://www.logonexpert.com

;Just copy the text below into a text file and name with the .reg
extension. Run it. ;Works fine for Win2000,XP and/or Vista Business at
least. You can turn on/off the
;shift key override as noted.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"AutoAdminlogon"="1" ;the value of 1 enables this and 0 disables this
"DefaultUserName"="enter login name here"
"DefaultPassword"="enter password name here"
"ForceAutoLogon"="1"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"RunLogonScriptSync"="1"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"IgnoreShiftOverride"="0" ;the value of 1 enables this and 0 disables
this


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