Using a Generic Logon with SBS Shared Installation

• Microsoft Windows 95

SUMMARY

When you start Windows 95 from a Server-Based-Setup (SBS) shared installation on a Microsoft Windows NT server, two separate logons are required: a real-mode network logon and a protected-mode network logon in Windows 95. There are 2 methods you can use to automate these logons:

• To bypass the protected-mode logon, log on in real-mode with your domain user name and domain password.
• To bypass the real-mode logon, add the following line to the Autoexec.bat file in the root directory of drive C

        net logon <generic_username> <password> /domain:<domain name> /y
  

  where <generic_username> is a generic account that you have created with <password> as its password. This causes a generic logon in real mode. You can then log on with your normal user account when you are prompted in protected mode (in Windows 95).

MORE INFORMATION

When you use the second method above, you must make sure that your shared installation is not located on any primary or backup domain controllers. If the shared installation is located on a primary or backup domain controller, you will be able to use the generic logon in real mode successfully, but you will not be able to log on in Windows 95. You will receive the following error message:

   The domain password you supplied is not correct, or access to your
   logon server has been denied.

REFERENCES

Microsoft Windows 95 Resource Kit page 140