XP windows login required since Client 4.9SP2 installed

[Slotmech]

To all

We use NW6 & Client 4.9sp1. We recently upgraded to sp2. Before, users only had to login through the Client and were not presented with a windows login prompt (they were automatically logged into windows). We have each PC configured with a generic windows account with a blank password to login to windows. We do not want to match novell and windows passwords as multiple people logn to one machine! We would like to have windows seem transparent to the user and have Novell client control access. I know there are a lot of registry hacks to accomplish an autoadminlogon but we are looking for alternate methods. Can anyone tell me where there might be a setting for autoadminlogon or caching the windows logon might be? Any and all ideas are welcome.

Thank you

Jim Cole

 

[terry712]

use a dlu - it's a lot better and that creates the user on pc for you - 2 mins to setup and then it's a lot more flexible as you can change user pc rights etc -

and doesnt leave a big security issue

 

[Slotmech]

Terry712

Forgive my ignorance. What is a DLU?

 

[jfp23]

Dynamic Local User...Its a policy that you can enable in Zenworks for Desktops.

 

[Slotmech]

jfp23,

Thank you. That would be easy if I was using Zenworks. Unfortunately I'm not.

 

[cwissy]

See 315231 how to turn on automatic login in windows XP, can be done via registry or command line

 

[cwissy]

sorry direct link from another post here in TekTips

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315231&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH