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The best method is to purchase or find a utility that will allow the .BAT file to run as a service so that no one has to log onto the host for the stream to encode. I recommend the FireDaemon Service Manager and I have a tutorial on how to setup this program here.

The other way is to simply force the computer to logon a user automatically. Here is how:

1. Create a shortcut in your STARTUP folder to the .BAT file. You can right click on the .BAT file from My Computer or Explorer and select “Create Shortcut”. Then move the new shortcut to “C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup”
2. Open the Regedit program by clicking START | RUN and typing “regedit” in the box. Then click Run.
3. Navigate to “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon”
4. There should be an entry called “DefaultUserName” Double-click this key and change the name to a legitimate user on the system.
5. Change “DefaultDomainName” if your user is not located on this host.
6. If you don't see an entry labeled “DefaultPassword”, add it by clicking EDIT then NEW then STRING VALUE. Call it “DefaultPassword” and double-click it to enter your password.
7. If “AutoAdminLogon” does not exist, create it the same way and give it a value of “1”

Now close regedit and reboot the machine. If all goes well you should see the machine logon and the DOS box will open loading the stream. If you get an error logging on, try using regedit to enter an administrator account as the user.