Re: Password Lockout due to Automatic Logon

From: Parrish (mvp_tech@esinet.net)
Date: 03/12/03 

From: "Parrish" <mvp_tech@esinet.net>
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 11:02:58 -0800

Further investigation indicates that Microsoft thinks this
situation won't occur because the AUTOADMINLOGON value is
automatically reset to 0 if the DEFAULTPASSWORD is not
present or has a blank value. But this ain't so, since I
can use the registry editor and see that the
DEFAULTPASSWORD is not present, but the AUTOADMINLOGON is
set to 1.

HELLLLLLLLLLPPPP!

Must I really buy a copy of some OEM software because
Microsoft DISABLES my ADMIN passwords down this path if
they are all blank?

David

Relevant Pages

  • Re: problems with autoadminlogon.
    ... AutoAdminLogon gets reset to zero after the first logon. ... >> DefaultUserName, DefaultDomainName, and DefaultPassword keys in the ... >> reboot, on subsequent reboots, the workstation locks itself ...
    (comp.os.ms-windows.nt.admin.security)
  • Automatisches Einloggen
    ... was muss ich bei Windows 98 FE den Automatischen Login zu aktivieren. ... AutoAdminLogon = 1 ... DefaultUserName = user ... DefaultPassword = pw ...
    (microsoft.public.de.german.win98.allgemein)
  • Re: Logon automatically
    ... From Edit menu select New String Value, and enter DefaultPassword as ... From Edit menu select New String Value, and enter AutoAdminLogon as ... Close regedit ...
    (microsoft.public.win2000.security)