Can I use Logon Utility provided on this website without having the 24 x 7 Automation suite. If yes, could anyone help me on its useage if I want to run it using a batch file

Yes, it's free. What about your batch file?

: Can I use Logon Utility provided on this website without having the 24 x 7
: Automation suite. If yes, could anyone help me on its useage if I want to
: run it using a batch file

: Yes, it's free. What about your batch file?

This is all that I have it a batch file

C:\Test\LOGON -p password

and when I schedule a job to run this batch file in windows locked mode it does not unlock my PC. All it does is it goes from ALT+CTRL+DEL dialog to the dailog box where we enter our user name and password. Somtime I can see this utility passing the password to this dialog box and this is all it does, it does not log me in? Is my batch file correct at all ?

The command is fine. Check c:\logon.log for error messages describing which part of the logon process failed. By the way, you din't mention which system you are running. This info may come handy in undersdanding the problem. Also let us know you have Terminal Server or similar service running on the system.

: This is all that I have it a batch file

: C:\Test\LOGON -p password

: and when I schedule a job to run this batch file in windows locked mode it
: does not unlock my PC. All it does is it goes from ALT+CTRL+DEL dialog to
: the dailog box where we enter our user name and password. Somtime I can
: see this utility passing the password to this dialog box and this is all
: it does, it does not log me in? Is my batch file correct at all ?

: The command is fine. Check c:\logon.log for error messages describing which
: part of the logon process failed. By the way, you din't mention which
: system you are running. This info may come handy in undersdanding the
: problem. Also let us know you have Terminal Server or similar service
: running on the system.

Thanks,
I have checked logon.log and it has primarily 2 kinds of messages
a)Logon successful.
b)StartServiceCtrlDispatcher failed.

But most of the times it says it is successfull.But, its strange that even if i have the wrong password the log says logon successfull.

I'm on a XP machine and I'm connected to a network domain within our organisation. Also

Any suggestions ?

Win XP features built-in terminal server. LOGON will not work if a terminal server is active, because terminal server . To get rid of the terminal server disable "fast user switching" option in XP.

: Thanks,
: I have checked logon.log and it has primarily 2 kinds of messages
: a)Logon successful.
: b)StartServiceCtrlDispatcher failed.

: But most of the times it says it is successfull.But, its strange that even if
: i have the wrong password the log says logon successfull.

: I'm on a XP machine and I'm connected to a network domain within our
: organisation. Also

: Any suggestions ?

: Win XP features built-in terminal server. LOGON will not work if a terminal
: server is active, because terminal server . To get rid of the terminal
: server disable "fast user switching" option in XP.

Thanks for you Help. But, unfortunately it still dosen't seem to working !

What I have done is I have disabled "Fast User Switching Compatibility" and "Terminal Services" services on my machine.
The reason I did this was I did not have to option of diabling "Fast User Switiching" via the Control Panel.

Is there anything else that I will have to do to make LOGON work ?

Here is how to disable it:
1. Open User Accounts in Control Panel.
2. Click "Change the way users log on or off."
3. Clear "Use Fast User Switching" check box.

: Thanks for you Help. But, unfortunately it still dosen't seem to working !

: What I have done is I have disabled "Fast User Switching
: Compatibility" and "Terminal Services" services on my
: machine.
: The reason I did this was I did not have to option of diabling "Fast
: User Switiching" via the Control Panel.

: Is there anything else that I will have to do to make LOGON work ?

I am experiencing the same problem. I am on Windows XP
and lock the computer. I have a batch file called
unlock1.bat that has logon -p password and then I
lock the computer and it inputs the password and
disappears and stays on log in screen. I have done all
the above mentioned steps and still not working. Is
there a new version of logon.exe that I do not know
about or doing somehting else wrong?

: Here is how to disable it: 1. Open User Accounts in Control Panel.
: 2. Click "Change the way users log on or off."
: 3. Clear "Use Fast User Switching" check box.

Did you restart XP after turning off the "fast user switching" option?
What do you get in the logon.log file?

: I am experiencing the same problem. I am on Windows XP
: and lock the computer. I have a batch file called
: unlock1.bat that has logon -p password and then I
: lock the computer and it inputs the password and
: disappears and stays on log in screen. I have done all
: the above mentioned steps and still not working. Is
: there a new version of logon.exe that I do not know
: about or doing somehting else wrong?

: Did you restart XP after turning off the "fast user switching"
: option?
: What do you get in the logon.log file?

Tue May 31 14:43:03 2005 Logon successful.

and that is all it does. I even tried a reboot but the fast user switching was not checkmarked anyways