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by dusty1one

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I have a XP machine that uses Novell 4.9 SP2 to logon to a Novell Server. I need to be able to log on to the machine without logging into Windows. Novell Single Sign On is enabled, but we are using the same login for multi-users. Novell logon is different for each user. Is there a way to bypass the Windows logon screen without making a user account for each person?

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by Mark W. Kaelin

To get access to a user account control panel that will allow you to set up accounts for automatic login in Windows XP requires the use of the command line and an obscure control application. At the command prompt, enter:

[pre]control userpasswords2[/pre]

From this control panel you can uncheck the [i]Users must enter a name and password to use this computer[/i] setting. When you click the [b]Apply[/b] or [b]OK[/b] button, you will be asked to supply a password (you can leave it blank). After clicking [b]OK[/b] on that screen you will have set your PC to automatically logon.

by dusty1one

This doesn't help. We don't want to do registry edits. We also tried this and found that it bypasses the Novell Logon.

by p.j.hutchison

You HAVE to logon to Windows (either via a local account or via a Windows Domain). If you don`t have a Windows Domain, then you should install 'Workstation Manager' as part of the Netware Client which will look after local Windows accounts automatically - ie create a/c's if they don`t exist and sync passwords with Netware accounts.

by dusty1one

This is not what we want to do. This still requires an account setup on the PC. Thank you though.

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