Any Programmers Here? Windows Automation Question

Hi

Wondering of there's a way to automate tasks from 1 user account (in windows) to another. For example, can a program automatically log in and out of a user account on windows and share / sync information between accounts?

Thanks

edit: duhhh, misread the title/post, see below

Anyone else......?

Why would you want to do this?

"Share / Sync information" isn't a windows term. Windows on a PC is not a phone.

You're talking about a hard drive with user permissions and more, so that involves copying files and setting reg entries, object properties etc.

Is one of these users an (the) admin? If you're version 7 or later there are sophisticated inheritance values for disk content. Anyone that knows how to push a win install can do that.

Are you talking about sharing online settings and content in win7 or 8? In that case it's not a win question it's an online acct question. Different skill set.

You're being too vague to get an answer. Which also means too shady.

TapTapper said:

"Share / Sync information" isn't a windows term. Windows on a PC is not a phone.

You're talking about a hard drive with user permissions and more, so that involves copying files and setting reg entries, object properties etc.

Is one of these users an (the) admin? If you're version 7 or later there are sophisticated inheritance values for disk content. Anyone that knows how to push a win install can do that.

Are you talking about sharing online settings and content in win7 or 8? In that case it's not a win question it's an online acct question. Different skill set.

You're being too vague to get an answer. Which also means too shady.

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OK.. I will explain clearly why I want this and what I want it for.. Maybe this will help you decide..

Let's say I want to manage multiple eBay or Paypal stealth accounts using some software. Now in order to avoid being detected by eBay / Paypal I want to create 1 windows account for each eBay/Paypal pair.

Since all accounts will be interconnected (for example if I list 1 item on eBay w one account I don't want to list it again in another account and so on) there needs to be:

1. Some way for different accounts to share simple info (such as items listed or other account related info)
2. Switch between accounts automatically and launch program

I hope this helps.

Thanks

agag2 said:

OK.. I will explain clearly why I want this and what I want it for.. Maybe this will help you decide..

Let's say I want to manage multiple eBay or Paypal stealth accounts using some software. Now in order to avoid being detected by eBay / Paypal I want to create 1 windows account for each eBay/Paypal pair.

Since all accounts will be interconnected (for example if I list 1 item on eBay w one account I don't want to list it again in another account and so on) there needs to be:

1. Some way for different accounts to share simple info (such as items listed or other account related info)
2. Switch between accounts automatically and launch program

I hope this helps.

Thanks

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Its much easier to create virtual machines in Virtualbox/VMWare and manage your accounts(ebay/paypal) all at the same time from different windows accounts.

You can look into windows impersonation classes or shell API's to launch a program as a different user.

Again it depends on the implementation of your software to communicate between different instances such as using a database/file/registry.

Not sure why you would want to share data between accounts, you should try keeping everything separate and create a unique program for each account. You can have a program running on each account and they will all run at the same time, at least it works for me that way when i have imacros running, i can have it running then loginto a different account and run imacros on that one.

:facepalm: In my original answer I thought you were referring to the WinAutomation software, didn't read the title properly

For your use case, I 'd go with different VMs using a program to fetch the data I want for each one from a central database.

There is a Windows 7 (I'm using Win 7, have no idea if its the same about 8 or 8.1 etc.) function which you can Run called "netplwiz". Click the "Run..." and type netplwiz. There, you can add new Windows user accounts and also uncheck the "Users Must Enter A User Name And Password To Use This Computer check box". The next time you log in Windows, you'll not be asked which user account you wish to log in. Easy part over...

My logic (!) :
In the User Accounts > Advanced > Advanced (Advanced user management), it will open the Iusermgr windows, and there, click on the Users menu-item. There, you will see all the user accounts. Right-Clicking on any user account, and opening the Properties, you can disable/enable any user account. I think that you can (programmatically) disable all other accounts and only enable a particular account through a variable each time, and that way you can open that user account the next time the PC boots. Programatically of course roll through all your user accounts one by one when the PC boots, so that the PC boots into the next user account (mentioned in a separate batch file, and using the variable set above, or whatever other way) when it reboots and then goes through your complete do-list. Be very careful about writing (and testing, re-testing) such a program or there will be a huge auto-mess which will be hard to correct later.

P.S.:
May be, if this is workable, then you can find a Windows programmer who can write the code for you by advertising in our Hire A Freelancer section... During the tests, don't use the program on ebay, but use/test on another disposable but similar site.

HTH

Windows isnt built for loging multiple account simultanously, so "syncing inf" would be hard, but it is possible through virtual server i think.