How to Automagically Log onto Win98

Keywords: Automatically Log Logon Win98

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1. Set password in script below
2. Set logon window title in script below
3. Note that logon after reboot and logon after logoff have different titles. Make sure you choose the correct one
4. Run script as a normal logged on user to have it make proper registry entries
5. Reboot to test.

Note also:
This script is designed for WBT files, not compiled exe's Unregistered versions of WinBatch may popup the purchase solicitation screens, so it must be attended for testing

if param0==0
   ; User is running WBT file.  Set up machine
   key="Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices[foofoo]"
   moi=IntControl(1004,0,0,0,0)
   wbexe=WinExeName("")
   data='"%wbexe%" "%moi%" foofoo'
   RegSetValue(@REGMACHINE,key,data)
   Message("Registry","Initialized")
   exit
endif

password="abracadabra"             ;;;;;; Set password for account

IntControl(1001,1,0,0,0)
title="Welcome to Windows"   ;;;;; Set title of Win95 logon window
WinWaitExist(title,-1)
SendKeysTo(title,password)
SendKey("~")

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Another Question:

I'm trying to use the same trick that works under windows NT to in order make my Winbatch to automatically logon under Windows 95 and it seem to not work...

Answer:

Win9x/WinME does not have a built-in automatic administrative logon feature. You have to roll your own...

What follows is a script I wrote to do exactly that:

AutoLogon(1).zip

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Article ID:   W14634

Filename:   Automagically Log onto Win98.txt