[THIN] Re: automatically go to term services logon after boot?
- From: "Rink, Jesse" <JRink@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 11:18:22 -0600
Can u email this to me? Thanks.
Jesse Rink
Network Engineer
Whitnall School District
414-525-8461
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-----Original Message-----
From: Sanders, Robert (IndSys, Pwr. Equip., IM) =
[mailto:robert.sanders@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20
Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 11:17 AM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] Re: automatically go to term services logon after boot?
Hope this helps. I have used it on PC's and WBT's. Sure helps make use =
of
older hardware.
Note that I had to change the file extension to get the file through
Exchange.
Bob Sanders
-----Original Message-----
From: P.J. Johannsen [mailto:pjohannsen@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 11:39 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: automatically go to term services logon after boot?
I would like to see a copy of your batch file if you don't mind.
The sleep.exe and shutdown.exe utilities can also be found in the =
Windows=20
2000 Resource Kit.
PJ
>From: "Sanders, Robert (IndSys, Pwr. Equip., IM)"=20
><robert.sanders@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: "'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,"'Rink, Jesse'"=20
><JRink@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [THIN] Re: automatically go to term services logon after boot?
>Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 11:26:05 -0500
>
>
>Heres a solution that I have been using for quite awhile and havent had =
any
>issues.
>
>Configure a .rdp file to connect to the thin client server, choosing to =
>save
>password. Save it in System32.
>Edit HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
>NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon:
> Add DefaultPassword as string and set the value to password of local
>admin on the PC.
> Modify DefaultUsername to Administrator (local admin on PC)
> Modify AutoAdminLogon to 1
> Modify userinit key to call system32\userinit.bat instead of
>userinit.exe
>
>Create a .bat called userinit.bat.
> Edit that .bat to call ther .rdp file you created and saved to=20
>system32.
>
>Now when the box boots up it automatically logs onto the local box =
under=20
>the
>admin profile(another account can certainly be used)
>Then rather than booting to explorer.exe as userinit.exe does, the .bat
>file(userinit.bat) is called instead and the connection is made to the
>terminal server defined in your .rdp file and automatically logs the =
user
>in. Additionally, you can configure you .rdp file to launch a single=20
>program
>upon connection to the terminal server so the user can only run the=20
>intended
>application.
>NOTE: You will need to modify you RDP properties on the terminal server =
(if
>not already set) to not always propmt for a password. Otherwise the
>connection to the TS will still prompt for a password even though =
you've
>configured it in your .rdp file.
>
>This works very well for data collection systems where the end user =
only
>runs the DC app.
>
>Additionally I have added sleep.exe and shutdown.exe to my system 32
>directory on each client. I use sleep to pause x seconds before calling =
the
>.rdp file. This permits a pause while the hardware continues to =
initialize.
>Then shutdown.exe is called from within userinit.bat to init shutdown =
after
>the user closes the .rdp connection.
>
>I got both sleep.exe and shutdown.exe from the web but dont recall =
exactly
>where.
>
>
>Feel free to reply for more info. or a copy of my userinit.bat.
>
>
>Bob Sanders
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Rink, Jesse [mailto:JRink@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 1:39 PM
>To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [THIN] automatically go to term services logon after boot?
>
>
>
>Is this possible for a PC that is running Windows 2000 Pro?
>
>1. User turns the PC on
>2. PC boots into Windows 2000
>3. User is automatically logged in (user does NOT have to do this =3D
>themselves)
>4. User is prompted with the logon box for terminal services
>
>In other words, can the PC's desktop of Windows 2000 Pro be completely =
=3D
>bypassed and a user FORCED to log on to terminal services?
>
>I would think this would be possible with group policy settings by =3D
>forcing logins and programs to be run at startup... ?
>
>Jesse Rink
>Network Engineer
>Whitnall School District
>414-525-8461
>
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