How to automate Network Password on bootup?

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After installing the Gmail Notifier tool, every time I reboot my
Windows 2000 Pro, the "Enter Network Password" menu pops up awaiting a
response from me.

My username and password are filled in in the menu cells just fine,
but I still need to click the button to get logged on and close out
the popup window before I can see my desktop in its entirety.

Is there a way to automate this procedure so I don't have to click the
Log-on button and instead have the window close out automatically? I'd
like to be able to boot up and see my desktop, not a menu awaiting
action from me.

Thanks for any suggestions.
 
Try searching microsoft.com for "TweakUI". I believe the version for
your Windows 2000 Pro is still there. Among many other adjustments, it
allows you to set an automatic logon at boot time.

Steve Hendrix
 
Try searching microsoft.com for "TweakUI". I believe the version for
your Windows 2000 Pro is still there. Among many other adjustments, it
allows you to set an automatic logon at boot time.

Steve Hendrix
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Did my reply not get posted? (I hit 'reply to author'.) Tweak UI
controls only the initial Windows log-on. What I'm referring to is a
Network Log-on menu (initiated by Gmail Notifier) that appears only
after you've logged on to Windows, while the desktop is being
populated. Tweak UI doesn't control that.
 
Try searching microsoft.com for "TweakUI". I believe the version for
your Windows 2000 Pro is still there. Among many other adjustments, it
allows you to set an automatic logon at boot time.

Steve Hendrix
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Did my reply not get posted? (I hit 'reply to author', thinking it
would be public but nested under Steve's reply.)
Tweak UI controls only the initial WIndows log-on; what I'm referring
to is a Network Log-on (initiated by Gmail Notifier) that appears only
after you've logged on to Windows, while the desktop is being
populated. Tweak UI unfortunately doesn't control that.
 
That "3rd party" stuff isn't under Windows control. Try "AutoIt" and
script the "G-mail" stuff. (AutoIT can be downloaded from the authors
web site and is free to use)
 
That "3rd party" stuff isn't under Windows control. Try "AutoIt" and
script the "G-mail" stuff. (D can be downloaded from the authors
web site and is free to use)
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Thanks Bob I for that AutiIT suggestion; from their web page it looks
very useful, for even way more than my current problem.

It looks like it might even emulate something I sorely miss from the
old Win3.1 days: the 'action recorder' (can't remember its official
name) that tracked and recorded your various keyboard strokes and
mouse movements & clicks on the screen for later playback. A great
tool for repetitive tasks (as long as your various windows stayed in
the same place on the screen); I remain baffled why it's apparently
been dropped in Win versions since then.

A replier on another forum suggested Nirsoft's nircmd.exe, which looks
like it might do the trick as well for closing the NetLogon menu, but
AutoIT looks to be a good bit more versatile for my uses.

He did provide an informative background on Gmail's dated Notifier
(last updated 2004) vs. their more current Talk program (which also
links to Google Chat etc.). Talk does perform a completely background
logon at bootup (no popup menu), and also enables the disabling of
notification sound alerts for incoming emails.

Notifier doesn't enable shutting off new-mail sound alerts; the result
is that if you disable the .wav file for New Mail Notifications in
Control Panel, the alert sound gets routed to the computer's internal
buzzer--a real nightmare! The tradeoff is Talk uses 12MB of memory vs.
Notifier's 7MB.
 
zeke7 said:
Thanks Bob I for that AutiIT suggestion; from their web page it looks
very useful, for even way more than my current problem.

It looks like it might even emulate something I sorely miss from the
old Win3.1 days: the 'action recorder' (can't remember its official
name) that tracked and recorded your various keyboard strokes and
mouse movements & clicks on the screen for later playback. A great
tool for repetitive tasks (as long as your various windows stayed in
the same place on the screen); I remain baffled why it's apparently
been dropped in Win versions since then.

A replier on another forum suggested Nirsoft's nircmd.exe, which looks
like it might do the trick as well for closing the NetLogon menu, but
AutoIT looks to be a good bit more versatile for my uses.

He did provide an informative background on Gmail's dated Notifier
(last updated 2004) vs. their more current Talk program (which also
links to Google Chat etc.). Talk does perform a completely background
logon at bootup (no popup menu), and also enables the disabling of
notification sound alerts for incoming emails.

Notifier doesn't enable shutting off new-mail sound alerts; the result
is that if you disable the .wav file for New Mail Notifications in
Control Panel, the alert sound gets routed to the computer's internal
buzzer--a real nightmare! The tradeoff is Talk uses 12MB of memory vs.
Notifier's 7MB.
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You're most welcome, and I'm sure you will have the issue sorted out
quickly.
 
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