Every few months I need to update a Terminal Server or Citrix box to login, by default, to a particular Windows Domain. Every few months just isn't enough to sear the info into my brain. So here, for my benefit as much as anyones, is how to change the default domain that Windows logs into. Of course, we're headed for the registry. Run regedit and dive down:
HKLM
SOFTWARE
Microsoft
Windows NT
Current Version
Winlogon
(I'd take a screenshot, but we're buried a little too deep this time)
Change the following keys to the name of the domain that you want as the default on the login screen:
- AltDefaultDomain
- DefaultDomain
In my experience, "CachePrimaryDomain" will update itself the next time someone logs in. I know this is going to be a useful reference for me. Hope that helps someone else as well.
