[wpkg-users] More elegant solution to onscreen login to runAutoit install scripts

[Will Sheldon]

On 08/08/07, Jerry Haltom <wasabi at larvalstage.net> wrote:
> I don't get it. I've been able to run AutoIt scripts from a service account,
> which has it's own Windows Station. Thus it is able to create Windows, and
> access them. This works just fine right now.

See the bottom of http://wpkg.linuxkidd.com/live.php

>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wpkg-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net
> [mailto:wpkg-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Will Sheldon
> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 7:36 PM
> To: wpkg-users
> Subject: Re: [wpkg-users] More elegant solution to onscreen login to
> runAutoit install scripts
>
> On 08/08/07, Will Sheldon <sheldon.will at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I have been using unattended for a while, and just found wpkg. I think
> > it's going to make my life much easier!
> >
> > After reading http://wpkg.linuxkidd.com/ (the gui mailing list
> > subscription is down?) and seeing his (or in about 2% of cases her - i
> > couldn't find his/her name anywhere) info on installing using autoit
> > scripts and a limited install account (that ties up the machine during
> > install) I realised that a more elegant solution is possible:
> >
> > Configue XP to support multiple terminal services sessions (the
> > current XP kernel is multiuser) According to Riccardo Raneri
> > (http://riccardo.raneri.it/blog/eng/index.php/2006/04/24/windows-xp-mu
> > ltiuser-remote-desktop/) the current kernel only allows 3 concurrent
> > sessions, but we would only need a maximum of two.
> >
> > To do this you have to downgrade termsrv.dll to version 5.1.2600.2055
> > (xpsp_sp2_beta1.031215-1745) - download available from
> > http://www.orbitfiles.com/download/id20947665).
> >
> > Windows sfp would have to be overcome, but that can be achieved by
> > putting the dll in the $OEM$\$1\System32\Dllcache\ folder on your
> > install share.
> >
> > then a custom adm/reg file for domains/workgroups respectively to
> > tweak  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal
> > Server\Licensing Core\EnableConcurrentSessions (DWORD) to a value of 1
> > and you're nearly laughing.
> >
> > It would then be possible to script an RDP session to be called from a
> > server when the machine starts, so the machine boots, calls a script
> > from the server with it's own machinename as a parameter which in turn
> > calls an RDP session to the machine with the install account, which
> > does what it currently already does, (with the exception of
> > suppressing any reboot requests!) then logs out.
> >
> > This would allow a full interactive autoit lead install to be run in
> > the 'background' (relative to the console user)
> >
> > What do you think?
> >
> >
> > Will.
> >
>
> Actually, it seems that that patch only works if you are not a member of a
> domain, and have fast user switching enabled.
>
> However, there are reports that TerminalserverNoRestrPatch-1-1.zip
> will do it for domain users. The version i found contained a trojan, so i've
> given up on that route.
>
> I guess that the version from 2003 may do the trick, but i haven't tried it
> yet as it's probably against the terms of the eula ;-( Damn those M$
> lawyers.
>
> W
>

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