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More info?)
Larry,
I have no idea about VB .Net. Why not try this question in developer
newsgroups at MSDN?
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"Larry Williams" <LarryWilliams@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CBF962B9-7B24-4DD1-A680-8D9295864390@microsoft.com...
>
> I have one more little question. I'm trying to do all this from VB .Net
> and
> when I try to setup a reference to "advapi32.dll" it gives me this error:
>
> A reference to c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll could not be added. This
> is not a valid assemble or COM component. ....
>
> Do I need to use C to get this to work. I don't have C on my PC.
>
> How do I reference
>
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
>
>> Glad that helped, Larry.
>>
>> --
>> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
>> Windows XP Shell/User
>>
http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>>
>>
>> "Larry Williams" <LarryWilliams@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>> news:3A0532DE-7073-4464-9B8B-684E8B4AD591@microsoft.com...
>> >
>> > Excellent! This is the information I was looking for.
>> >
>> > Thanks Ramesh.
>> >
>> > "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
>> >
>> >> It's stored in a protected area. So does the Userpasswords2 method.
>> >>
>> >> Protecting the Automatic Logon Password:
>> >>
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/secauthn/security/protecting_the_automatic_logon_password.asp
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
>> >> Windows XP Shell/User
>> >>
http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Larry Williams" <LarryWilliams@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> >> message
>> >> news:9F2725D9-1559-43D2-8E0A-25A3247227A8@microsoft.com...
>> >> >
>> >> > Not with my version of Tweak 2.10.0.0. I even did a search from my
>> >> > password
>> >> > in the registry.
>> >> >
>> >> > Could it be you've set the registry password some other way?
>> >> >
>> >> > "Doug Knox MS-MVP" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> TweakUI does store the password in the Registry, un-encrypted.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
>> >> >> NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
>> >> >>
>> >> >> DefaultPassword
>> >> >>
>> >> >> --
>> >> >> Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart
>> >> >> Display\Security
>> >> >> Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
>> >> >>
http://www.dougknox.com
>> >> >> --------------------------------
>> >> >> Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
>> >> >>
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
>> >> >> --------------------------------
>> >> >> Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
>> >> >> Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "Larry Williams" <LarryWilliams@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> >> >> message news:2B5A2991-888F-4243-B69E-9F86B7132290@microsoft.com...
>> >> >> > Okay. Thanks.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > I was hoping the Tweak stored your password in the registry but I
>> >> >> > wasn't
>> >> >> > able to find it.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > I read chapter 15 of the MS XP Registry Guide and plan on seting
>> >> >> > this
>> >> >> > up
>> >> >> > just before the restart and including an entry for the
>> >> >> > "AutoLogonCount"
>> >> >> > of 1
>> >> >> > so the information is automatically removed after the restart.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > "Doug Knox MS-MVP" wrote:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> You can't. The autologon feature expects to see a plaintext
>> >> >> >> password.
>> >> >> >> You're only option would be to write a custom GINA DLL for
>> >> >> >> authentication that would know how to decrypt the stored
>> >> >> >> password.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> --
>> >> >> >> Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart
>> >> >> >> Display\Security
>> >> >> >> Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
>> >> >> >>
http://www.dougknox.com
>> >> >> >> --------------------------------
>> >> >> >> Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
>> >> >> >>
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
>> >> >> >> --------------------------------
>> >> >> >> Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
>> >> >> >> Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> "Larry Williams" <LarryWilliams@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>> >> >> >> in
>> >> >> >> message
>> >> >> >> news:84365F2D-EEF9-409F-85D4-B2813F7F4C6B@microsoft.com...
>> >> >> >> > I'm writing a program that will accept a userid and password
>> >> >> >> > to
>> >> >> >> > do
>> >> >> >> > an
>> >> >> >> > autologon after a restart using the following registry
>> >> >> >> > entries:
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows
>> >> >> >> > NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > DefaultUserName "your_username"
>> >> >> >> > DefaultPassword "your_password"
>> >> >> >> > AutoAdminLogon "1"
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > However, if for some reason my program doesn't run properly
>> >> >> >> > and
>> >> >> >> > remove the
>> >> >> >> > userid/password when it's finished then I want to ensure that
>> >> >> >> > the
>> >> >> >> > password
>> >> >> >> > can't just be read from the registry. Therefore I need to
>> >> >> >> > know
>> >> >> >> > how
>> >> >> >> > to do the
>> >> >> >> > same thing that Tweak UI does and store an encrypted version
>> >> >> >> > of
>> >> >> >> > the
>> >> >> >> > password.
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > Any ideas?
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
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