Many of you probably have programs which start when you login to your machine, including monitoring applications. While this is useful, if you want to run these programs on a server or an AV client such as ClamWin, it can become a security risk to have your computer set to automatically login.
The solution is simple: have the computer automatically login and then lock itself. This is easily accomplished by using Autologon and Wizmo. To implement this, just do the following:
- Run Autologon and have the system automatically login as a user with the appropriate permissions.
- Set up a new scheduled task which runs when the respective user logs in (usage the scheduled task setting for “At logon”).
- Have the scheduled task run the following (without the quotes): “C:\Path\To\This\Tool\wizmo.exe lock”
Now, whenever you restart your computer the system will automatically login and lock itself. This means any applications which start when the respective user logs in will automatically start upon reboot and there is no security risk as the system is locked the moment login occurs.
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