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I have an HVAC program that runs on XP professional SP2, requires only a refresh on the program maybe every half hour, and needs user intervention on start up. We do not have a keyboard or mouse attached<br />
Would like to have the ability to have the machine start up and log into the network and start the program and thats it.<br />
Anyone have any ideas?
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I have an HVAC program that runs on XP professional SP2, requires only a refresh on the program maybe every half hour, and needs user intervention on start up. We do not have a keyboard or mouse attached
Would like to have the ability to have the machine start up and log into the network and start the program and thats it.
Anyone have any ideas?

Can this be done with a group policy?

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