how to auto-fill in user name and secret when start up OS?

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xuchao
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how to auto-fill in user name and secret when start up OS?

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how can I auto-fill in user name and secret when start up windows 7?
mpack
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Re: how to auto-fill in user name and secret when start up O

Post by mpack »

If you want it to log in automatically on boot, why password protect the account at all?

You can send keystrokes into a VM using VBoxManage, the trick would be knowing what Win7's current state is. I don't know of any elegant solutions (meaning solutions that I can be sure will always work).
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Re: how to auto-fill in user name and secret when start up O

Post by scottgus1 »

Passwords on an account are necessary if one wishes to easily access shared files & folders, which sometimes get harder if there's no password for the account.
Meanwhile, auto-log-in is possible in the guest OS without having to do anything with Virtualbox. Google "windows 7 auto log in"
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