suroit Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 (edited) This is what is happening: I am running a scheduled script every night at 2:00 am on Windows XP SP3, and it sometimes happens that my PC reboots, for example due to a short power shortage. It then sits with the logon screen that has the users icons, waiting for a user to logon. I may be mistaken, but I was under the impression that this state was similar to the "locked workstation" state, and that it was possible to run a script without logging in. I haven't been able to do it. I have followed the recommendation regarding running scripts on locked workstations (no Send() MouseClick() WinActivate() WinWaitActive() WinActive() etc) Can anyone confirm whether it is possible or not to run scripts prior to logging in as a Windows user? Thanks. Edited August 17, 2010 by suroit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 (edited) I think this thread ("Run script before windows logon") will help. Edited August 17, 2010 by water My UDFs and Tutorials: Spoiler UDFs:Active Directory (NEW 2022-02-19 - Version 1.6.1.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiExcelChart (2017-07-21 - Version 0.4.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Example ScriptsOutlookEX (2021-11-16 - Version 1.7.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiOutlookEX_GUI (2021-04-13 - Version 1.4.0.0) - DownloadOutlook Tools (2019-07-22 - Version 0.6.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - WikiPowerPoint (2021-08-31 - Version 1.5.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiTask Scheduler (NEW 2022-07-28 - Version 1.6.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki Standard UDFs:Excel - Example Scripts - WikiWord - Wiki Tutorials:ADO - WikiWebDriver - Wiki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suroit Posted August 17, 2010 Author Share Posted August 17, 2010 I think this thread ("Run script before windows logon") will help.Thanks Water, I don't know how I missed that thread. But I am worried about Fire's proposal in that thread, deemed "very dangerous" without me understanding what the danger really is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyranlol Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 (edited) Thanks Water, I don't know how I missed that thread. But I am worried about Fire's proposal in that thread, deemed "very dangerous" without me understanding what the danger really is.The danger in this is that this method is typically used by keyloggers & other virusses to log your password and/or do other stuff, for example you could have a file to shutdown your computer even before you could logon and remove it.Computers is only dangerous if you use it in a dangerous way. Edited August 19, 2010 by Tyranlol [u]Only by Attempting the Impossible You Can Earn the Remarkable[/u] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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