On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 01:42:41PM -0800, JJones said:
> we actually need to have the system autologin due to a software app that
> we need to run at startup but is unable to run as a service with a user
> logged off. So as requirements go we need to have the system auto logon,
> start an app and we want it to lock the desktop so that nobody messes with
> the app since this is a remote machine. I did find an answer tho.
> %windir%\System32\rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation
> Works like a charm.

This software sounds like an annoyance.  Have you spoken to the vendor
and complained profusely?  Given that Windows is generally a single-user
environment, having this program running in Login mode means that you've
basically written off any proper functionality to this computer.

Whether this is a limitation of Windows' design, or of the software, I'll
let the users decide.  In Unix, you could have launched this program
without having to log on, or at the very least, you could load it in a
shell and then put it straight into the background and leave it there.
Then if you wished, you could log in again later and recall it.

I have never seen basic functionality like that in Windows.

-- 
Adam Smith
Information Technology Officer
SAGE Automation Ltd.

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