Re: Setting logon accounts

From: GSV Three Minds in a Can (GSV_at_[127.0.0.1)
Date: 05/29/03


Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 14:41:58 +0100


Bitstring <eb8Jt6LJDHA.2244@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>, from the wonderful
person Walter Cohen <w_cohen@hotmail.com> said
>I see but that looks like it will just bypass the "Enter User Password'
>dialog at startup with some pre-defined user/domain/password settings. I
>can do that now by not setting a login password and, by default, everyone is
>logged in as admin.
>
>I want to be able to let's say auto-login to a standard/restricted user and
>then have the option to login as administrator. However I guess once the pc
>is auto-logged on as a standard/restricted user I could go manually into
>log-off or switch user back to the admin account.
<snip>

That's the way to do it. Think about it logically - if there is 'no user
interaction' as you requested, then the machine is going to have to be
psychic to decide whether to logon as the default user or the
administrator.

Fast user switching will get you to the administrator account fairly
quickly. For small tasks 'run as' will often suffice.

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