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Main => Software Forum => Topic started by: kustcom on September 30, 2011, 04:47:13 am
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I'm wondering what hack you need to do to boot straight into windows desktop. This PC was given to me through a university grant, so I'm guessing it may just be a problem of the user account not being the original post installation account or something. Running Windows XP sp3.
Basically when it loads up I have to click on my account (there's only 1 user account on the system and it is the admin) before it will load up the desktop. There's no password on the account.
So if anyone has any idea how I can fix this I'd be grateful, also with getting mala to auto boot, do I just place a shortcut to the mala.exe in the startup menu?
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315231 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315231)
You can use Registry Editor to add your log on information. To do this, follow these steps:
Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
Locate the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Using your account name and password, double-click the DefaultUserName entry, type your user name, and then click OK.
Double-click the DefaultPassword entry, type your password under the value data box, and then click OK.
If there is no DefaultPassword value, create the value. To do this, follow these steps:
In Registry Editor, click Edit, click New, and then click String Value.
Type DefaultPassword as the value name, and then press ENTER.
Double-click the newly created key, and then type your password in the Value Data box.
Note: If the DefaultPassword registry entry does not exist, Windows XP automatically changes the value of the AutoAdminLogonregistry key from 1 (true) to 0 (false) to turn off the AutoAdminLogon feature after the computer is restarted.
Double-click the AutoAdminLogon entry, type 1 in the Value Data box, and then click OK.
If there is no AutoAdminLogon entry, create the entry. To do this, follow these steps:
In Registry Editor, click Edit, click New, and then click String Value.
Type AutoAdminLogon as the value name, and then press ENTER.
Double-click the newly created key, and then type 1 in the Value Data box.
Exit Registry Editor.
Click Start, click Restart, and then click OK.
After your computer restarts and Windows XP starts, you can log on automatically.
If you want to bypass the automatic logon to log on as a different user, hold down the SHIFT key after you log off or after Windows XP restarts. Note that this procedure applies only to the first logon. To enforce this setting for future logoffs, the administrator must set the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Value:ForceAutoLogon
Type: REG_SZ
Data: 1
Then put Mala in the startup folder.
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worked perfectly thanks.