Re: How do I Log on Admin b y default
From: Chuck (cacrollthespam_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 12/30/03
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Date: 30 Dec 2003 16:14:07 -0600
On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 08:47:01 -0800, "Ed"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>By default, Windows 2000 pops up the Guest as the log on
>party. My family needs for things to be simple and we
>all log on as Administrator.
>1. How can I get it to give the Administrator log on
>window by default?
>
>2. Even better, can I bypass the need for an
>administrator password altogether so that the computer
>boots on through to the desktop?
>
>I have a P IV, 2.4 ghz.
Ed,
Keeping the fact in mind that you are creating a massive security
problem by doing so, it is possible to set a default login userid and
password in Windows NT and Windows 2000, which will indeed let it log
thru to the desktop.
You have to use Registry Editor to do this. Don't use Registry Editor
unless you are comfortable with it, and are prepared to accept the
consequence of possible system damage.
To configure this in the registry, edit the key:
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon"
Set the DefaultDomainName, DefaultPassword (must be non-blank), and
DefaultUserName values, as appropriate to your environment. Set
AutoAdminLogon to 1. All values are type REG_SZ.
If you ever want to logon as a different user, hold down the shift key
as you logoff.
Having said this, I must warn you that logging in as administrator
routinely can cause you much grief, since every program runs with
administrator privilege, which makes it easier for hostile code to do
damage to your system. This is true whether you login automatically,
or normally, using any account with administrative privilege.
A lot of bad code circulates thru the internet constantly; some of it
might not be circulating were more folks to use basic security
precautions with their personal computers, such as not doing day to
day computer use while logged in with administrative privilege.
If you intend to do this, please use other security precautions, to
otherwise protect your computer, and the computers elsewhere on the
internet. A poorly secured computer can affect the entire internet.
Please be considerate of the rest of the world.
Cheers,
Chuck
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