ENTERPRISE
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2. Select the computers to be updated and click
Send
.
This updates all the selected computers’ configuration on-the-fly, meaning the computers
don’t have to be in the
Thawed
state for the configuration updates to take place.
Creating the Autologon and Autologoff Registry Files
Before tweaking the registry, do a full system backup. If anything goes wrong, data
may be lost and Windows may need to be reinstalled. As Microsoft states, editing the
registry “... is not supported by Microsoft. Use this method at your own risk.”
To configure workstations to login automatically after reboot, the Windows Registry has to be edited.
To edit the Windows Registry, complete the following steps:
1. Login to any workstation as the local Administrator and click
Start > Run.
2. Enter
Regedit.
Once the Registry Editor is running, locate the following registry key:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\
Winlogon]
3. Before editing the Registry, export a copy of the current values of the Winlogon key.
Select
Export Registry File
from the
Registry Menu
, as shown below:
