Yes, you can use the local account. There's no need to use COMPUTER\user
type. Just type the name of the local user and it's password.

Cheers!

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"Bo Berglund" <boberglund@home.se> wrote in message
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>I have set my W2003 guest in VS2005 to autostart with the host system
> (a WinXP-Pro SP2 box).
> It simply will not work....
>
> I Use VMRCPlus for my admin chores.
>
> I set the account to use (=my own) and I enter the password in the box
> and click Apply (at which time the password box is cleared).
>
> In the Startup/Shutdown tab I have tried this:
>
> Action when Virtual Server stops: Save State or Shut down guest
> (tried both but see no difference)
>
> Checked "Run this guest with specified account"
> Username = my own account name
> Password = my own password
> Action = Always autostart guest
> Startup delay = 60 s
>
> If I restart my XP-Pro host (for example after Windows Update has done
> its thing like yesterday) the system comes back up, but my server
> guest remains non-running. :-(
>
> Can someone say *exactly* how one must configure this?
>
> In the account box for example, do I enter just a user account name or
> a Domain\account pair?
>
> Must the domain controller be reachable for this to work? (My PC is
> attached to a domain that is not on my home network, I have to connect
> using VPN to reach the domain network).
>
> Can I use a local account and if so must I enter it as
> Computer\account?
>
> It seems like I am not the only one having trouble with this autostart
> thing, so maybe someone can direct us to a full HOWTO on the subject?
>
>
> Bo Berglund