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ScubaStiv
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4 years ago

Unattended reboot password is logging user on automatically even though logmein session ended.

Hi all   I recently connected to a Windows 10 Enterprise machine that is on the domain. I captured the persons password so that i could perform unattended reboots.   Since closing the session, ev...
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    ScubaStiv
    4 years ago

    Hi All

     

    Incase anyone is curious of the solution:

     

    Basically AutoAdminLogon was left set as 1. Changing it back to 0 stopped the account automatically logging back in. I assume LogMeIn changes this setting and is supposed to revert it back. Perhaps the Windows Update interfered with this.

     

    Disable AutoLogon

    Key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
    Value: AutoAdminLogon (REG_SZ)
    Data: 0 (disabled)

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ScubaStiv
Active Contributor

Hi All

 

Incase anyone is curious of the solution:

 

Basically AutoAdminLogon was left set as 1. Changing it back to 0 stopped the account automatically logging back in. I assume LogMeIn changes this setting and is supposed to revert it back. Perhaps the Windows Update interfered with this.

 

Disable AutoLogon

Key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Value: AutoAdminLogon (REG_SZ)
Data: 0 (disabled)

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ScubaStiv
Active Contributor
4 years ago
Note i was performing a Windows Feature Update for the using during this time. Hence my mention of it