Concept

Many times we run into problems when servers automatically restarts from a windows update or a server reboot after a power outage, and then no one can get into Control because no one has logged into the server to get the SSLIP started. I found an easy way to set this up for those of you who do not know how to do it or for those of you who just want to know for future reference. In some cases we don't have to worry about this because it's already done by the companies who have there own IT people, IT service, or server hosting companies that maintain there servers for our customers.

Caution

Cyrious Software does not implement or support the methods documented below. Please use this information at your own risk.

Remember to backup the registry and database before doing this!!

Steps

This can be done on either Microsoft Windows Server 2008 or 2012

Steps - Open up the Registry

1.) Press your Windows Key

+ R then type regedit (note: you need to be logged in as a administrator account)

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Running regedit.exe
Running regedit.exe

2.) Navigate to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\winlogon
3.) Create the following strings:
* AutoAdminLogon 1
* DefaultUserName currentusername (ie: Administrator)
* DefaultPassword currentPassword (for the username you use on above step)
Should look like this:
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4.) Last step: Restart the server and it should automatically login to the account you setup in the registry.

Wiki created by: David Kingsbury

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