OK. I have a little problem that i need help diagnosing. I have a Webpage
for internal program that connects back to SQL Server. When I rebooted the
server last night, in the morning users complainted that they can't log on
into it. As soon as I walked up to the server and simply logged in,
everything started to work. My question is why. All my services are set to
system accounts and to Automatic starts so everything should be started when
the server starts. How can I diagnose this?

Thank You!

These are possibly programs that are in your Startup routine after you
login.
If you're running Windows 2003 click the Start button > Run > Msconfig.exe.
Check the Startup tab for programs that are loading at startup from the
Startup group, Win.ini load= and run=, and the registry.
For Windows 2000, use regedit & check the following entries:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE \Microsoft \Windows \CurrentVersion \Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE \Microsoft \Windows \CurrentVersion \RunOnce
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Microsoft \Windows \CurrentVersion \Run
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Microsoft \Windows \CurrentVersion \Runonce

"Kory" <koryg (AT) community (DOT) nospam> wrote

I'm running windows 2003. So basically I should remove these files from
Startup and move them to WIN.INI????



"Isaac Steinfeld" <isteinfeld (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

No.

You have a few options to have programs run without requiring a login.
One is to have these programs run as User-defined service.
See the following link for instructions:
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q137/8/90.asp

Another is to have it run as a Computer Script. (Either as a local policy or
as a group policy depending on your environment)

Run gpedit.msc and create a startup scripts at Computer Configuration
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;322241

Another option might be to do an Autologon. See
http://www.petri.co.il/configuring_autologon.htm

"Kory" <koryg (AT) community (DOT) nospam> wrote

Hi Kory,

I have noticed Isaac Steinfeld provided a solid resolution, I wanted to
post a quick note to see if you would like additional assistance or
information regarding this particular issue. We appreciate your patience
and look forward to hearing from you!


Sincerely yours,

Michael Cheng
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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