Auto logon of network drives (W2K)

[bauereri]

Hello,

I have read the regisrtry edit for automatically loging into a Win2k machine, but I also want to automatically authenticate to mapped network drives. Will this registryedit(see below) do that as well??

Thanks,

Eric

To enable this function you need to add several new values to the key below.

1)Add a new string value named 'DefaultUserName' and set it to the username you wish to automatically logon as.
2)Add a new string value named 'DefaultPassword' and set this to the password for the user entered above.
3)Add a new string value named 'DefaultDomainName' and set this to the domain of the user. Ignore this value if the NT box is not participating in NT Domain security.
4)Add a new string value named 'AutoAdminLogon' and set it to either '1' to enable auto logon or '0' to disable it.
5)For Windows 2000 the additional ForceAutoLogon setting must be enabled to stop the tweak from resetting on reboot.

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

[POBrien]

No it won't. Go to the w2k box that is sharing the resources for the mapped drives. Enable the guest account via Control Panel/Administrative tools/Users & groups.

Next, go to the shares and add the everyone group with full control.

Now when you access the mapped drives from the other pc's there won't be a prompt to authenticate because the w2k box will read the actions as a guest (who is part of the everyone group with full control).

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