I know of 2 ways, both of them send security out the door.

Option 1
Pleace your program in the startup group and use a resource kit util that
will perform an autologon for you ( i cannot remeber its name right now -
will search on monday if you want ).

Option 2 ( really scary )

rename logon.scr to something else
copy the batch file that launches your program to logon.scr
when the computer starts wait for 15 mins ( default logon screen saver
activation time ) and then your program will fire up. Things to remeber :
this way your program doesnt perform a "validated" logon and actually runs
under the windows system account. In other words it has no access to
anything other than the machine its running on. If you need network access
using this method of running, you gotta code validated logons into your
program.

Option 3 - just though of this.
use the load= entry in the registry that calls a batch file.
the batch file uses soon the schedule an interactive task ( your program ) -
make sure u use /INTERACTIVE as part of the command line. ( set the
scheduler services' startup properties to run under the user account you
need for your program - if any )

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pic microcontroller discussion list
> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Dave Ward
> Sent: 07 June 2000 04:25
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: [OT]: Unattended NT Boot (Without Logon CTRL-ALT-DEL)
>
>
>      Windows NT question...
>
>      Does anyone know how I could make NT Workstation 4 boot directly into
>      a single windows application without the CRTL-ALT-DEL logon
> procedure.
>
>      The application is touch screen driven, and is the only application
>      that this PC is used for, a Keyboard and Mouse would not normally be
>      connected to the PC.
>
>      Have any of you clever people done this with NT4 ?
>
>
>      Thanks for your time
>
>
>      Dave Ward
>      D.Ward@Magnox.co.uk
>
>      Remote Operations
>      BNFL Magnox Generation Ltd
>