WHS 2011 user login at boot

chrismox · 30 May 2014 at 11:54

Hi,

I have a server running WHS 2011. When I switch on the PC, it boots up and starts the server but no users are logged in. If I start a remote desktop connection to the server from another computer, it logs in the administrator and shows the server's desktop. At this point, it starts various other services that I have running on it, such as SABnzbd .

I'd like to have a user logged in automatically upon boot, so that the server boots to a desktop and loads things up without me having to initiate a remote desktop connection.

Any help would be much appreciated, thanks.

anything I don't mind · 30 May 2014 at 12:01

go to run and type "control userpasswords2"

Untick the ctrl+alt+delete option on advanced tab

see if you have the options no the advanced tab to enable auto login. not sure on whs 2011.

If not you have to edit registry.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

Value:ForceAutoLogon
Type: REG_SZ
Data: 1

chrismox · 30 May 2014 at 12:50

Thanks a lot for the suggestions.

They didn't work, but they led me to this, which did the trick - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/sysinternals/bb963905.aspx

Tubes · 1 Jun 2014 at 12:57

chrismox said:
Thanks a lot for the suggestions.

They didn't work, but they led me to this, which did the trick - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/sysinternals/bb963905.aspx

I was in the same predicament, saw your link and now it works a treat, thank you!

chrismox · 1 Jun 2014 at 15:46

Tubes said:
I was in the same predicament, saw your link and now it works a treat, thank you!

Excellent, glad it helped.

Deceptor · 1 Jun 2014 at 16:00

Thanks for the link, always wanted this for my WHS 2011!