Remove need to sign in for each/every use of Packet Tracer 7.2
Since Packet Tracer 7.2 has appeared - two issues have occurred
Every time a student in a class room logs into a computer, they have to log into PT. Reducing teaching time and adding admin load to frustrated teachers. Also - we are trying to work with orgs who wish to use PT for U13 students - we are having to encourage them to use a generic login and work around this new feature.
For Mac - this screen is now causing many WINE bottlers to crash. We have students and academies who use PT and now have to use a VM - which is slower and more resource intensive.
While we acknowledge that there is a desire from Cisco to record metrics. Can this not be accomplished anonymously. As you are now encouraging all academies to create workarounds and lose limited teaching time and irritate a considerable number of teachers.
Andrew Smith
shared this idea
AdminSandra Ray
(Customer Support Director, or Executive, Cisco Networking Academy)
responded
The Packet Tracer team has worked on the login process. They are trying to get PT to a place where users that are already logged into Cisco NetAcad will not have to login again. In addition, they have changed the process for Packet Tracer assessment so users will not have to login to Packet Tracer when doing a Packet Tracer assessment.
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Anonymous
commented
go to options, preferences, then interface, and just untick enable logging
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JT
commented
Cisco it's been years,, can you really not add a feature to at least remember the account so everytime I open the program I don't have to manually log in again? All this to track my data. Poor form
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Rikie
commented
i use packet tracer for linux, cant i by pass login
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Anonymous
commented
you can donwload the newest version of packet tracer then go over (options - preference then click at interface then find (enable logging) just disable that.
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cisco sucks
commented
WoW! Yet another feature Cisco is blatantly ignoring their complaints on. Im not shocked at all...... If cisco cared, you would all have a reply. This is the state of this company. DO NOT BUY CISCO PRODUCTS!
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Sidrith Huvaru
commented
Cisco don't care ... they want your $$$
I found a solution , go to admin > prefer>type 123abc confirm > then don't close > go to control panel > i mean wait go to the win32 folder > edit > ptki32.exe and change the 0001.3 value to 0001.0 -
Sidrit
commented
In preferences, go to administrative, put password, re-enter it and then click remove password
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Timothy Elmer
commented
Over a year later...
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Anonymous
commented
Please sort this! So frustrating in class. Login page never opens! Can only use as guest
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cestsala
commented
Any ETA?
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rihat
commented
update 2019/09 : still no updates
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Daniel Shaw
commented
They aren't looking into it. If they wanted to remove the login screen, they'd have done it when 7.2.1 came out.
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Marko Karner
commented
Cisco - How come u manage to deliver state of the art OS for switches and routers but cannot seem to FIX A LOGIN PAGE for a tool that is supposed to draw even more traffic towards your company and products. Its just beyond my comprehension .
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Anonymous
commented
Is there still no fix for this???
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Viktor Pyagai commented
Absolutely agree with this suggestion!
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Farid
commented
Plz listen to complains Cisco
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Greg Brodt commented
This is real irritating in the lab for both instructors and students.
There use to be a lab/instructor release. -
Anonymous
commented
How much more time do you need to "look into it"? Please change it, it's really frustrating and inefficient.
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nicolai
commented
So true
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Anonymous
commented
Come on Cisco, this cant be true, i login and do some work in pt, then reboot my pc for windows updates, and then open pt and got promptet for login again, its time not spent nice.