CTRL-ALT-DEL & Win2K Adv. Server

[pelligrini]

Does anyone know how to change the secure login on Windows 2000 Advanced server? I've been trying to find out how not to hit the darn CTRL-ALT-DEL everytime the machine get's shut down. I can't do it through my remote program, and I want to get rid of all these keyboards for my hexes.

[wbierman]

Simple solution...

By default on a workstation this is no longer needed however on a server it is still necessary but this can be configured with a single registry entry.

Start the registry editor (regedit.exe)
Move to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Double click on DisableCAD (create of type REG_DWORD if it does not exist)
Set to 1 if you don't want to have to press Ctrl-Alt-Del, and set to 0 if you do. Click OK
Close the registry editor
Reboot the machine

Disabling this feature does not decrease the security of Windows NT. To gain access to the computer, users are required to log on to Windows NT with a valid user name and password. The Windows NT logon process suspends all other user-mode processes to protect the logon process and is the only process that can create the access tokens used by the Windows NT security system.

[pelligrini]

Thanks for the info, it should help.
My remote program starts as a service. At least it should get rid of the keyboards.

So, is there a way to get Adv. Server to have a selected user always automatically login, like in W2K Professional? The way it is now, I have to interact with the machine if it gets powered off. I'd like for it to be able to start back up crunchin' when the power is restored.

[wbierman]

It is supposed to work if yo set "DisableCAD" to 1

[pelligrini]

I'll give it a try when these 6 clients get to a decent stopping point.
Thanks :)

[pelligrini]

I had to create an entry "DisableCAD"

It didn't work :(

I also tried it as "CADDisable"

[wbierman]

Has to be DisableCAD with a value of "1"


One usually does not try variations in the Registry....

[Vermine]

I have not try wbierman way, but this way should work for sure... You don't edit registry directly...

Put that as Enabled... And reboot... ;)

http://wakya.dyndns.org/genome/disablecad.jpg

I hope that have help ya !

:D

[wbierman]

That should work too...

[pelligrini]

Originally posted by wbierman
Has to be DisableCAD with a value of "1"

One usually does not try variations in the Registry....

I did make a REG_WORD entry of "DisableCAD" and set the value to "1", re-booted, no change.

There was another entry that had some acronym "???Disable", thats why I tried the "CADDisable" variation. The machine is just a cruncher, so if it hosed the registry it wouldn't be that serious.

I'm going to try Vermine's solution when I get home tonight. I had been looking through all the policies, but I must have missed that one. Fairly easy to do with all the junk in there.

Thanks for the help guys! :)

[pelligrini]

Very Cool it worked!

After searching through the policies again, to no avail, But some time spent on microsoft's site produced results. I came up with this:

AutoAdminLogon

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Data type Range
REG_SZ 0 | 1

Description
Determines whether the automatic logon feature is enabled. Automatic logon uses the domain, user name, and password stored in the registry to log users on to the computer when the system starts. The Log On to Windows dialog box is not displayed.

Value Meaning
0 Disables automatic logon.
1 Enables automatic logon.

My hexes can now boot straight into windows. No more loosing half a day or more cpu time because someone wasn't there to logon in case of power failure.

[wbierman]

Glad you found something that worked. Now if I just had three of those ALRs myself....

[Yo_Mama]

Nice tip, thanks! :)

Originally posted by pelligrini
Very Cool it worked!

After searching through the policies again, to no avail, But some time spent on microsoft's site produced results. I came up with this:

AutoAdminLogon

[siggy]

CTRL ATL DEL must be a windows thing...Its not working on my DOS 6.2

[pelligrini]

It should reboot your machine whhen in DOS

[wbierman]

Thank you

[siggy]

Its probably the keyboard.....The ESC key is not working either.