Local account and auto-logon: Works on HW, does not work in VM

[exelanz]

Hi all,

I have made this NTLIte driven build. It includes creation of a local user + auto-logon.

This works fine when installing on my hardware directly. It does not work if I use a HyperV VM as install target.

Do I miss something here?

 

[garlin]

There should be no difference if you're using Unattended mode to manage local accounts and auto-logon.

 

[exelanz]

Hmm, garlin I tried it on Oracle Virtualbox and there it works. Seems to be related to Microsoft Hyper-V. I´ll investigate further.

 

[exelanz]

All right. Found an answer. It has to do with Enhanced Session Mode (ESM). If you disable this setting the auto-logon works...not sure what I will be missing to not have ESM...

See last reply to user question here: https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerShell...ws_11_auto_logon_hyperv_does_it_work_or_am_i/

 

[exelanz]

Here some more guidance on enabling auto-logon with ESM enabled: https://docs.learnondemandsystems.com/lod/vm-auto-login.md