CODEWITHSUNDEEP
windowsnetwork-programmingstartupwinlogon
hugoeiji
hugoeiji

Reputation: 281

Windows 7 connect to network before startup process and login

I have the following problem. I developed a script that must be executed prior to login in Windows 7. This script must, among other things, authenticate with a given Internet host and save the return into a txt file. The problem is that when the script is initiated, it could not find network connectivity and the authentication just fails.

To add the script to startup I followed this tutorial: connect to VPN before logging into windows

I've already tried to enable "Always wait for the network at startup and logon" in Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/System/Logon in gpedit.msc, but it is not working.

Have anyone faced a problem like that? Any hints? I just want to force the wired network to be fully ready and working before running the startup scripts.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 7243

Answers (1)

Andy
Andy

Reputation: 1

Try this. I found it on another forum.

In the Local Group Policy Editor go to Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Group Policy -> set Startup policy processing wait time to 120.

For some reason the "Always wait for the network at computer startup and logon" doesn't always work, it seems like it was just a matter of timing. About 80% of the time I would get an error of "no domain controllers available". The added delay of the "Startup policy processing wait time" made it so the autologin always works.

Upvotes: 0

Related Questions