C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
For startup items only for a specific user, the folder is located at C:\Users\[username] \AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup.
For startup items for all users, the folder is located at C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup.
To get around local admin being automatically disabled due to being on domain, disabled the network card by pulling the cable or if a VM just disable it in the VM config. Then login with the domain admin account that has the cached credentials and the trust issue disappears for you to fix.
# HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
# Double-click the DefaultUserName entry, type the user name to log on with, and then click OK.If DefaultUserName registry value name is not found, create the new String Value (REG_SZ) with value name as DefaultUserName.
# Double-click the DefaultPassword entry, type the password for the user account under the value data box, and then click OK.If there is no DefaultPassword value, create a new String Value subkey (REG_SZ) with DefaultPassword as the value name.Note that if no DefaultPassword string is specified, Windows automatically changes the value of the AutoAdminLogon registry key from 1 (true) to 0 (false) to turn off the AutoAdminLogon feature.
# In Windows Vista or 7, DefaultDomainName has to be specified as well, else Windows will prompt of invalid user name with user name displayed as .\username. To do so, double click on DefaultDomainName, and specify the domain name of the user account. If it’s local user, specify local host name.If the DefaultDomainName does not exist, create a new String Value (REG_SZ) registry key with value name as DefaultDomainName.
# Double-click the AutoAdminLogon entry, type 1 in the Value Data box, and then click OK.If there is no AutoAdminLogon entry, create a new String Value entry (REG_SZ) with AutoAdminLogon as the value name.
# If exist, delete the AutoLogonCount key.
# Quit Registry Editor.
# Click Start, click Restart, and then click OK.
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In Windows 7 Home Premium:
Run Command Prompt as Administrator (Rt-click cmd program to Run as Administrator)
Type the following, then press enter net accounts /maxpwage:unlimited
Logoff and restart the PC, Your done.
http://breztech.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/howto-turn-off-password-expiration-in-windows-7/
