Using Windows 2003, I’m look for a way to create a ‘logoff script’ that will continue with the current logoff then immediately login another user. So, ‘UserA’ logs off. Script fires to login ‘UserB’.
This is part of an application upgrade for a computer where we have written the ‘shell’; similar to a kiosk application. For the upgrade we need to logon as ‘Adminstrator’ then, when the upgrade has completed, logoff ‘Administrator’ and logon as ‘sample_user’. We would like to accomplish this WITHOUT rebooting.
Note, I do not want a script that will initiate the logoff (i.e. ‘shutdown’). I’m looking for a script that will run upon the user logging off (set via Group Policies). As above, the script should log a different user on.
Thanks.
Don’t think it’s possible in the stated way (script at logoff).
You’d have to set the machine to logon automatically as a specified account and then log off (having it log on automatically for you) and then you’d have to disable that feature again afterwards, by placing a temporary logon script… generally sounds messy.
The actual setting can be made using tools like Microsofts Shared Computer Toolkit or similar (not so sure how the ‘normal’ registry auto-login behaves at manual logout but I’ve had an XP kiosk that would automatically log on instantly, even if you logged out manually – you had to override it using some key like shift+logoff to be able to manually specify the login again, so somehow it can be made).
The ‘easiest’ way might be to replace msgina.dll with someone of your own making…
But why are you doing this? Just use runas and start whatever you need to do as that other user without logging off the console user – it’s a multi-user system afterall? The desktop is just fluff ^^
(This will anyhow require that the user credentials are available to your script, which kind of makes it redundant as you compromise the security of that account – defying the purpose of having that second account in the first place, for whatever purpose it exists?)