autorun CD at login
I have a network bootable CD that silently ghosts a systems and then reboots to windows. I need to have the same CD execute once the user logs into windows. I do not want the user to have to run the CD-ROM manually. I can not modify the ghost image, b/c there are too many of them. I've been working with the autorun.inf file but that only works when the CD is inserted into the CD Drive.
Is there anyway to autorun the CD in the CD-ROM drive whenever a user logs onto a system without modifying the hard drive ( because the systems are often ghosted and anything on the hard drive is deleted )?
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jet9153] at [2007-11-19 12:18:22]
# 1 Re: autorun CD at login
The only potential solution i can think of is to add the exe to the startup folder on the hard drive after the system has completed ghosting but before the system reboots to windows.
How do I gain access to the hard drive and add a file to the startup folder, without user interaction?
# 2 Re: autorun CD at login
There are login scripts in which you could place scripting code to run this. As well you may use the system registry.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
# 3 Re: autorun CD at login
How do i access the registry from DOS?
I have found a program NTFS4DOS.exe that runs on a bootdisk and allows access to the hard drive but it requires user intervention and I'd like to figure out how to do it myself. I'd like to find a batch file example.
