Deplopying AutoLogin reg key in OSD TS

[glen8]

Hi all,

 

I have a .reg file which adds the autologin keys for admins. This is needed for after an OSD deployment as the machine has to auto login as the local admin to finish off certain scripts before going out to the end user.

 

If manually run from the desktop the reg key works ok, but it doesn't work from within an OSD deployment. The actual package installs after after the first reboot windows attempts to autologin but fails. It's as if the password is incorrect but like I say it works fine if done manually.

 

The file is...

 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

 

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]

 

"AutoAdminLogon"="1"

"DefaultUserName"="blah"

"DefaultPassword"="blahpassword"

 

I guess I'm going to have to somehow run another reg key to remove after the first reboot. Has anyone done something similar, and if so how? Thanks!!

[anyweb]

take a look at this post

 

http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1543-how-can-i-capture-windows-7/

 

that covers the very same thing

 

cheers

niall

[Lucid]

One other alternative to keep in mind... Tweak your scripts so they can run from SCCM so there's no need to auto login. When a packaged script is set to run with administrative rights they're running as SYSTEM so they can do pretty much whatever you need. And you can populate the registry keys for new users by loading the default user profile's registry hive, making changes, then unloading it. Just a thread with a quick example: http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/3379-configure-default-user-profile-while-deploying-windows-7/

[glen8]

Thanks andy, tried all that but failed

 

Thanks Lucid, SCCM can't automate certain software packages via OSD so this is the only way via scripts on the desktop

[tobias-tobin]

Hi,

Could you integrate the autologon registry settings into your image and then remove them with a script when the computer joins the domain (using a GPO script)?

[Lucid]

Can't automate certain packages? Hmmm in cases where I've run into those types of apps, a quick VBScript wrapper did the trick. Most were poorly packaged and turned out to just needed me to grab the installed files from a manual install and then let the script copy them over and populate a few registry keys.

 

Anyway, like I said, just tossing it out there...

[bulletprooffool]

How do you handle network connectivity requirements when the script in the OSD is running as 'System'?

[Peter33]

How do you handle network connectivity requirements when the script in the OSD is running as 'System'?

 

You can still use the "command line" option from the general section and run it with a different account.