How do I eliminate the need for Log On information?

[WOLLAM]

I recently put my pc back to factory settings. Prior to that, when I powered
on, I was not required to enter a username and password; now I am. I have
never set this up, so I simply press enter to 'Log On'. Currently, when this
window appears, username is listed as 'Owner'; no password is listed. I am
the only user, so no need for administrator privileges. My question is this:
how do I eliminate this window showing up at power on? I would like to
simply power on, and a few seconds later have my desktop on the screen, ready
to use. Thanks in advance for any and all help provided.

WOLLAM

[Rich Barry]

Go here and get TweakUI for WinXP. It has a setting that automatically
boots you into windows. Look in rt column download first TweakUI.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/Downloads/powertoys/Xppowertoys.mspx



"WOLLAM" > wrote in message
...
>I recently put my pc back to factory settings. Prior to that, when I
>powered
> on, I was not required to enter a username and password; now I am. I have
> never set this up, so I simply press enter to 'Log On'. Currently, when
> this
> window appears, username is listed as 'Owner'; no password is listed. I
> am
> the only user, so no need for administrator privileges. My question is
> this:
> how do I eliminate this window showing up at power on? I would like to
> simply power on, and a few seconds later have my desktop on the screen,
> ready
> to use. Thanks in advance for any and all help provided.
>
> WOLLAM

[Brian A.]

"WOLLAM" > wrote in message

>I recently put my pc back to factory settings. Prior to that, when I
> powered on, I was not required to enter a username and password; now I
> am. I have never set this up, so I simply press enter to 'Log On'.
> Currently, when this window appears, username is listed as 'Owner'; no
> password is listed. I am the only user, so no need for administrator
> privileges. My question is this: how do I eliminate this window showing
> up at power on? I would like to simply power on, and a few seconds later
> have my desktop on the screen, ready to use. Thanks in advance for any
> and all help provided.
>
> WOLLAM

Click Start > Run, type in: control userpasswords2 and press Enter or click
Ok.
Remove the checkmark in the box next to "Users must enter a user name and
password to use this computer".
Click Apply > Ok.

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Brian A. Sesko
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://members.shaw.ca/dts-l/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

[WOLLAM]

Brian,
I tried your method, as I prefer to not load any software, but it seems to
have not worked. After following your instructions, I logged off and then
logged in. Unfortunately (no, I didn't write down the error message) I did
not get logged on: the error message said something to the effect of
'password(s) not matching. I switched around several different combination
of Usernames (Owner or Administrator) and Passwords, but could not get in
until I tried U:Owner & P:(I left this blank). With Owner and password left
blank I was able to get logged on. I am hesitant to try your method again
for fear I will not get logged on. Any suggestions before I try TweakUI?
Thanks.

"Brian A." wrote:

> "WOLLAM" > wrote in message
>
> >I recently put my pc back to factory settings. Prior to that, when I
> > powered on, I was not required to enter a username and password; now I
> > am. I have never set this up, so I simply press enter to 'Log On'.
> > Currently, when this window appears, username is listed as 'Owner'; no
> > password is listed. I am the only user, so no need for administrator
> > privileges. My question is this: how do I eliminate this window showing
> > up at power on? I would like to simply power on, and a few seconds later
> > have my desktop on the screen, ready to use. Thanks in advance for any
> > and all help provided.
> >
> > WOLLAM
>
> Click Start > Run, type in: control userpasswords2 and press Enter or click
> Ok.
> Remove the checkmark in the box next to "Users must enter a user name and
> password to use this computer".
> Click Apply > Ok.
>
> --
>
> Brian A. Sesko
> Conflicts start where information lacks.
> http://basconotw.mvps.org/
>
> Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://members.shaw.ca/dts-l/goodpost.htm
> How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
>
>
>
> .
>

[Brian A.]

See if these help:
How to enable automatic logon in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q310584/

How to change the logon window and the shutdown preferences in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q291559/

--

Brian A. Sesko
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://members.shaw.ca/dts-l/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375


"WOLLAM" > wrote in message

> Brian,
> I tried your method, as I prefer to not load any software, but it seems to
> have not worked. After following your instructions, I logged off and then
> logged in. Unfortunately (no, I didn't write down the error message) I
> did not get logged on: the error message said something to the effect of
> 'password(s) not matching. I switched around several different
> combination of Usernames (Owner or Administrator) and Passwords, but
> could not get in until I tried U:Owner & P:(I left this blank). With
> Owner and password left blank I was able to get logged on. I am hesitant
> to try your method again for fear I will not get logged on. Any
> suggestions before I try TweakUI? Thanks.
>
> "Brian A." wrote:
>
>> "WOLLAM" > wrote in message
>>
>> >I recently put my pc back to factory settings. Prior to that, when I
>> > powered on, I was not required to enter a username and password; now I
>> > am. I have never set this up, so I simply press enter to 'Log On'.
>> > Currently, when this window appears, username is listed as 'Owner'; no
>> > password is listed. I am the only user, so no need for administrator
>> > privileges. My question is this: how do I eliminate this window
>> > showing up at power on? I would like to simply power on, and a few
>> > seconds later have my desktop on the screen, ready to use. Thanks in
>> > advance for any and all help provided.
>> >
>> > WOLLAM
>>
>> Click Start > Run, type in: control userpasswords2 and press Enter or
>> click Ok.
>> Remove the checkmark in the box next to "Users must enter a user name and
>> password to use this computer".
>> Click Apply > Ok.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Brian A. Sesko
>> Conflicts start where information lacks.
>> http://basconotw.mvps.org/
>>
>> Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://members.shaw.ca/dts-l/goodpost.htm
>> How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
>>
>>
>>
>> .