WinXP Pro in Build 3186 logs in as Administrator

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skiamakhos

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Despite setting passwords for Administrator & my own account, whenever I start my WinXP VM in Parallels 2.5 (Build 3186) it logs in as Administrator by default without requesting a password. When I log out from Administrator I get the login screen with just my account on it. Why is this, and what can be done to stop it? :confused:
 
Turns out there's a Windows registry hack to cure it - look for something like DefaultAccount or DefaultUser, I forget which. It's crazy because at no point during the install did I say to automatically log in as Administrator, yet there Windows goes. *kicks windows*
 
You need to look for "AutoAdminLogon" in the registery....and set its value to 0.

You can find it here HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

Cheers...:)
 
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