System information

Figure 101. Windows NT Resource Kit - Utilities
2.3.1 Automatic Login and Shutdown Management
The NT Resource Kit provides several utilities that help with automating logins
and shutdowns of NT.
2.3.1.1 Automatic Login
With the Windows NT Autologon Setter (AUTOLOG.EXE) utility you can set
Windows NT to log on a user automatically at startup. You have to provide the
user ID and the password.
This tool changes the following registry entry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/
Software/Microsoft/Windows NT/CurrentVersion/Winlogon. It adds the Key
AutoAdminLogon=1 and DefaultPassword=the entered Password to this hive.
To activate the automatic logon do the following:
1. Log on to Windows NT with the user ID the system should log on
automatically.
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