(admins) Configuring Global Auto-login Settings

In order for a user to be able to configure / enable auto-login, the global setting Allow automatic login must be turned on. Users can see the status of their global settings by looking at the Global settings section on the iDesktop Auto-Login tab of the ProjectWise Network Configuration Settings dialog. You can only turn these settings off or on when you open the dialog in administrative mode (Run as administrator).

In order for a user to be able to configure / enable auto-login to use a specific ProjectWise account, the global setting Allow saving passwords must be turned on. This is because the password of the account you enter will be encrypted and stored in the computer's registry.

Note: When Use default computer settings is on for a particular application but the Allow automatic login global setting is off, then the user will be prompted to log in to a datasource, even if the default setting in the registry says that the application has been configured for auto-login.

To Allow or Prohibit the Use of Auto-login

Open the ProjectWise Network Configuration Settings dialog in administrative mode.
Select the iDesktop Auto-Login tab.
When you open the dialog in user mode, the global settings are disabled. Click the Run as administrator button if you opened the dialog in user mode by mistake.
In the Global settings section, turn on or off Allow automatic login as needed.
When Allow automatic login is on (default), any ProjectWise user on this computer can configure / enable auto-login. Also, once auto-login is configured for a particular application class, then whenever a user on this computer starts an application of that class, ProjectWise will attempt to log that user in automatically to the preselected datasource.

When this setting is off, non-administrative users will not be able to configure / enable auto-login. Also, if auto-login already happens to be configured for a particular application class, then those users will instead be prompted to log in manually, and the option Remember me (use auto-login next time) will not be available on the Log in dialog.
Click Save in the ProjectWise Network Configuration Settings dialog.

To Allow or Prohibit the Saving of Passwords

Open the ProjectWise Network Configuration Settings dialog.
Select the iDesktop Auto-Login tab.
In the Global settings section, turn on Allow saving passwords if you want to allow the saving of passwords, turn it off if you want to prohibit the saving of passwords.
Click Save in the ProjectWise Network Configuration Settings dialog.