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Using Ala

Windows NT AutoLogon Administrator

Revision history

August 8, 1999: First version. Covers version 1.00 of the program.

Index

	Introduction
	Running the program in manual mode
	Running the program in unattended mode

Introduction

Ala (pronounced "allah") is a program that you can use to manage the automatic logon settings of Windows NT. Ala offers two modes of operation for making manual or automatic settings changes.

Ala was written by The Grimace (The Grimacemayfield@hotmail.com). Recent versions of this and other programs are available at Inky's Linkies.

Running the program in manual mode

To run Ala in manual mode, just double-click Ala.exe. When the program window opens, the settings that are currently active on your computer will be displayed. Click OK to save your settings or Cancel to leave them alone. Here is a list of the options you can change:

Windows NT

The Windows NT settings use an existing Windows NT user account to log on to your computer.

Log on to Windows automatically: This setting determines whether Windows uses the other three settings to automatically log on to Windows. You must select this item in order to edit the other three values. Although Ala saves the other settings whether this option is enabled or disabled, Windows will only use them if it's enabled.

User name: The account to use when logging on to Windows NT. The account you use must already exist on the computer. You can use the Windows NT User Manager to create and manage accounts on your PC.

Password: The password associated with the User name that you enter. Ala does not check this password for validity. Make sure the one you enter is correct.

Windows NT Domain: This value indicates the Windows NT Domain or computer where your Windows NT user account is stored. If the account exists on your computer, this value should be your Windows NT computer name. If the account exists on a Windows NT server, you would put the Windows NT Domain name here.

NetWare

The NetWare settings determine whether your computer automatically logs on to the network. This is different from logging on to Windows NT. These settings are only used by the Novell Client for Windows NT.

Log on to NetWare automatically: This setting determines whether Windows uses the other three settings to automatically log on to Windows. You must select this item in order to edit the other three values. Although Ala saves the other settings whether this option is enabled or disabled, Windows will only use them if it's enabled.

Location profile: This is the location profile that the Novell Client for Windows NT will use when logging on to the network. You can only select valid location profiles that already exist on your machine. In most cases there will be only one, Default. If you do not see any location profiles listed here, you may not have a current version of the NetWare client installed.

Password: This is the NetWare password used to log on to the machine. If you have Workstation Manager enabled, your NetWare password and your Windows password are the same.

Running the program in unattended mode

You run Ala in unattended mode by using the /f command line switch and specifying the path and filename of an INI file that contains the settings you want Ala to use. If you don't specify a path, Ala will look for the file in your Windows folder. Here is an example of running Ala in unattended mode, using a file called Disable.ini in the root of drive Z:

ala.exe /f:Z:\Disable.ini

In unattended mode, Ala only changes those settings that you specify in the INI file; all other settings are left alone. Here are the contents of Disable.ini, which lists all possible values:

[Windows NT] AutoAdminLogon=1 DefaultDomainName=MyPc DefaultUserName=Administrator DefaultPassword=password

[NetWare] AutoAdminLogon=0 DefaultLocationProfile=Default DefaultPassword=password

The above INI file accomplishes the following: Enable automatic logon to Windows with the Administrator account stored on MyPc, using the password password. Also, disable automatic logon to NetWare, but use Default for the location profile and password as the default NetWare password the next time auto logon is enabled.

The AutoAdminLogon values are boolean, unlike the other values in the file, which are strings. A value of 0 disables auto logon and 1 enables it.