User`s guide

Accessing the Central Management Utility
3-5
5100-A2-GB20-00
November 1996
Automatically Running the Central Management
Utility
The following procedure describes how to configure Windows NT so that the
HotWire DSL Central Management Utility runs automatically at boot time. This
procedure enables a user to use the terminal-based central management utility
without having a monitor and keyboard attached to the CO PC.
 Procedure
1. Double-click on the Windows NT Startup group icon.
2. From the Windows NT Program Manager select
File→New.
3. Click the Program Item and then click OK. Enter the following information in
the Program Items Properties menu:
Description: CMU
Command Line: craft.bat
Working Directory: c:\HOTWIRE
4. Click OK. An icon is created in the Startup group window.
5. Start the Registry Editor from the Program Manager by executing the file
REGEDT32.EXE.
If necessary, use the Browse option on the Run pop-up menu to find the file.
6. Select HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE on the Local Machine window. Select the
Subkey Software→Microsoft→Windows NT→Current Version→WinLogon
7. Select Edit→Add Value. Enter the following information:
Value Name: AutoAdminLogon
Data: REG_SZ
Click OK.
8. Enter 1 (one) in the String menu and save.
9. Select Edit→Add Value. Enter the following information:
Value Name: Default Password
Data: REG_SZ
Click OK.
10. Enter the password for the administrator of the system and save. Close all
menus.
11. Reboot the CO PC. While it is rebooting, press F2 (or Esc on some
machines) to run the CO PC startup utility.
12. Select the option that disables the CO PC from halting when an error
message is reported to the screen (e.g., Pause on Post Error or
Initialization Error Halts).