Can't get AutoLogin to work

[gpapp]

I have Windows XP Pro, and am running Macro Scheduler 8.0.1. Here is what I have done so far:

1. Turned OFF the windows welcome by unchecking the box "Secure Logon" (by the way, this is found in Settings->Control Panel->User Accounts->Advanced).

2. In Macro Scheduler, I turned ON the Scheduling Service using Tools->Options->Keep Scheduling on Exit.

3. I set up and saved a one-line Macro (messagemodal>Hello World)

4. I Clicked RMB on the Macro Name in Macro Scheduler, and picked Properties. I selected the "Run When" tab, and set up a day and time (today's day, and a time 5 minutes in the future).

5. I picked AutoLogon, I checked "Run as User", and I entered my own userID and password, the same ones I use to login and work.

6. I exited the macro scheduler and logged out.

The macro would not auto-log me in.
If I try to use just the "Run When" feature when I'm already logged in, the macro runs just fine and appears at the designated time.

I repeated this process a number of times without success.

Any suggestions?

[Marcus Tettmar]

Hi,

You also need to disable Fast User Switching.

Control Panel / User Accounts / Change the way users log on or off

Then uncheck "Use Fast User Switching".

[Proschowsky]

I just bought and installed the newest version of Macro Scheduler Standard, but I can't get the AutoLogon to work. When The time is up and MS tries to unlock the computer, the unlock screen appears and the password is inserted, but then a dialog about wrong password appears, and MS doesn't do anymore. When I write the password myself, the computer logs on and shows that the macro is running.

What is wrong? How come doesn't it work? I am sure that every setting is right, I think the problem is that the application does something wrong when it writes the password in the unlock dialog.