login training room of PC's

[longneck]

does anyone know of a program that we can install on the PC's in our training room so that we can log them all in simultaneously? we don't hand out the password to the PC's to the people who come in for training, and logging in 40+ systems one at a time is time-consuming. the built-in windows auto-login is not an option due to our network security policy.

- Carl

 

[Davetoo]

If your Domain Security requires users to hit CTRL-ALT-DEL to log in, then I don't know of any program that will run to allow auto log-in. That's why MS put that in, to prevent trojans from running and capturing key strokes.

I suggest you move the training computers into their own OU, then apply a GPO to them to permit those systems to auto log on. Haven't tried it but that should work.

Optionally, remove the training PC's from the domain and manage them individually.

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[jbit01]

There is a utility in the 2k res kit (Autoexnt.exe) that will let you execute a custom batch file at startup without having to logon to the machine. The ideal scenario would be to setup the pcs nics with wake-on-LAN to start them up simutaniously, at which point they would execute the script. Maybe someone else has a VB scipt or utility that it could call to complete the login. Anyone?