Automatic Logon

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In order to automatically launch Cinegy Playout after the PC restart, you need to set up the automatic logon into the operating system.

To enable automatic log on under the specified domain user name, please follow these steps to edit the Windows registry:

  1. Go to "Start", click "Run" (or use the Win+R keyboard keys) and enter regedit, then click OK.

  2. Navigate to the following registry key:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

  3. Double-click the DefaultUserName entry, enter the user name to log on with and then click OK.

    If this entry does not exist, create a new String Value (REG_SZ) with the "DefaultUserName" name.

  4. Double-click the DefaultPassword entry, enter the password for the user account under the value data box and then click OK.

    If this entry does not exist, create a new String Value (REG_SZ) with the "DefaultPassword" name.

    Note
    		 If no DefaultPassword string is specified, Windows automatically changes the value of the AutoAdminLogon registry key from 1 (true) to 0 (false) to turn off the AutoAdminLogon feature.

  5. DefaultDomainName has to be specified as well. To do this, double-click DefaultDomainName and enter the domain name of the user account.

    If this entry does not exist, create a new String Value (REG_SZ) with the "DefaultDomainName" name.

  6. Double-click the AutoAdminLogon entry, enter 1 in the Value Data box and then click OK.

    If there is no AutoAdminLogon entry, create a new String Value (REG_SZ) with the "AutoAdminLogon" name.

  7. If it exists, delete the AutoLogonCount key.

  8. Close Registry Editor and restart the computer.

Note
 This procedure is valid for Windows 10 and Windows Server 2012 R2 operating systems.