Get-AutoLogon

Synopsis

Gets the automatic logon settings of a local or remote computer.

Syntax

• Get-AutoLogon [-ComputerName] [-Credential]

Description

The Get-Autologon cmdlet is used to retrieve the autologon information from a local or remote computer. By default Windows computers do not have autologon configured. If autologon is not configured on the target machine this cmdlet returns no objects.

Parameters

• ComputerName The computer against which to run the cmdlet. By default this parameter will be populated with the name of the local computer.
• Credential The credentials under which to run the cmdlet. By default this cmdlet will run as the current user. Using this parameter and the Get-PSCredential cmdlet you can specify an alternate set of credentials under which to execute this command.

Inputs

Get-AutoLogon accepts pipeline input only for the ComputerName parameter and requires that the input object contain a property named either Computer, CN or ComputerName.

Outputs

Get-AutoLogon outputs a custom Vexasoft.AutoLogon object detailing the autologon details of the target computer.

Notes

The Get-AutoLogon cmdlet requires that the RPC service is started on the computer it is trying to access and that DNS services are available to resolve target host names.

Example 1

This command will retrieve the autologon configuration and settings for the local computer:

C:\PS>Get-AutoLogon

Example 2

Identical to the first example but aimed at a remote machine, this command will retrieve the autologon configuration and settings for the computer PC01:

C:\PS>Get-AutoLogon -Computer PC01