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Razor:
Hi, ive followed the guide on the Wiki to get Mala to load instead of Windows in my new cab.
Ive followed it to the last detail, but cant seem to get it to work properly. When I initially start up the pc instead of loading Mala, windows proceeds through its normal bootup and I get a message pop up saying :
" The system could not log you on. Make sure your user name and domain are correct, then type your password again. Letters in passwords must be typed using the correct case"
This doesnt make sense as I created 2 Admin accounts and have specified not to have to enter passwords manually on both, I have also triple checked the password I have selected to "auto run" into windows is correct and it is. I then click OK on this and it proceeds to load up Windows, so its not restricting me access, even though its saying I have the wrong password?!
Has anyone got any ideas on whats going wrong, ive been over and over the guide in case id missed something and the Shell entry is correctly set to my front end as specified.
loadman:
Are you q Windows XP Home user?
If so do not try auto-login on the Administrator user, you will received a error make another normal account up to auto-boot from..
To clarify:
To setup the auto login feature in window xp, simply follow the steps below:-
- Click Start -> Run -> Type CONTROL USERPASSWORDS2 and press enter
- Highlight the user account from “Users for this computer” list
- Uncheck “User must enter a username and password use this computer”
- Click OK
- Automatically Logon Dialog will appear, then enter your password and confirm the password
- You are done!
or...
Download TweakUI from Microsoft and you can have Auto-Login working in less than 5 minutes with no worries about disappearing accounts either.
Razor:
Hi ive managed to get the pc to boot up using that account and not asking any passwords, but still cant get Mala to run instead of windows. All that happens is windows boots up as normal but theres nothing on the screen (obviously because ive taken out Explorer.exe), does it matter that my front end location is C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Desktop\Mala\Mala.exe?
loadman:
--- Quote from: Razor on January 27, 2007, 04:13:48 am ---Hi ive managed to get the pc to boot up using that account and not asking any passwords, but still cant get Mala to run instead of windows. All that happens is windows boots up as normal but theres nothing on the screen (obviously because ive taken out Explorer.exe), does it matter that my front end location is C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Desktop\Mala\Mala.exe?
--- End quote ---
First when you take out explorer.exe and replace it you need to put the full path in
I'm not sure but try putting your mame and mala stuff in a simple directory structure
EG:
c:\cab\mala\mala.exe
I have had problems with windows before
Razor:
Yeah thats what I was thinking, ill try moving it to a much simpler path see what happens...