Enabling Auto Administrator Logon on the Terminal Server Console

ID: Q186501

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0, Terminal Server Edition

IMPORTANT: This article contains information about editing the registry. Before you edit the registry, make sure you understand how to restore it if a problem occurs. For information about how to do this, view the "Restoring Registry" Help topic in Regedit.exe or the "Restoring a Registry Key" Help topic in Regedt32.exe.

SUMMARY

To have a Terminal Server computer start up and automatically log on with an administrator account, modify the registry using Registry Editor (Regedt32.ese). This will not affect Terminal Server Client logon attempts.

WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

For information about how to edit the registry, view the "Changing Keys And Values" Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) or the "Add and Delete Information in the Registry" and "Edit Registry Data" Help topics in Regedt32.exe. Note that you should back up the registry before you edit it.

Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe), and go to the following subkey:
```
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT
      \CurrentVersion\Winlogon 
```
NOTE: The above registry key is one path; it has been wrapped for readability.

Add the following values to Winlogon:


      AutoAdminLogon: REG_SZ: 1
      DefaultUserName: REG_SZ: <username>
      DefaultPassword: REG_SZ: <Password for username>
      DefaultDomainName: REG:SZ: <Domain for username>
      DontDisplayLastUserName: REG_SZ: 0

Additional query words:

Keywords :
Version : WinNT:4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbinfo