Logging on to winxp pro

[Ron Stewart]

Help...

I have winxp pro.
I just reinstalled everything.
Had a hard drive die.
So I replaced it and reinstalled everything.
Now when I start my computer it goes directly into the admin account.
It doesn't stop and ask which user I want to start at the welcome screen.
I set a password for the user account and for the admin account and it still
boots right into the admin account.
I want to be able to have the choice of which account I can log into when
the computer starts up.
I have checked the user setting in the control panel and I don't see where I
can make this change.
Can someone please help.
I would appreciate it very much
I just want it to ask me which account to pick from when the computer
starts.
Thanks in advance
Ron Stewart

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Ron,

In the Users applet, you would want to click "change the ways users log
on....." and enable the Welcome screen.

You could also start/run control userpasswords2

Then enable the option requiring a valid user name and password.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone -
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Ron Stewart" > wrote in message
...
> Help...
>
> I have winxp pro.
> I just reinstalled everything.
> Had a hard drive die.
> So I replaced it and reinstalled everything.
> Now when I start my computer it goes directly into the admin account.
> It doesn't stop and ask which user I want to start at the welcome screen.
> I set a password for the user account and for the admin account and it
> still
> boots right into the admin account.
> I want to be able to have the choice of which account I can log into when
> the computer starts up.
> I have checked the user setting in the control panel and I don't see where
> I
> can make this change.
> Can someone please help.
> I would appreciate it very much
> I just want it to ask me which account to pick from when the computer
> starts.
> Thanks in advance
> Ron Stewart
>
>

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Ron,

In the Users applet, you would want to click "change the ways users log
on....." and enable the Welcome screen.

You could also start/run control userpasswords2

Then enable the option requiring a valid user name and password.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone -
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Ron Stewart" > wrote in message
...
> Help...
>
> I have winxp pro.
> I just reinstalled everything.
> Had a hard drive die.
> So I replaced it and reinstalled everything.
> Now when I start my computer it goes directly into the admin account.
> It doesn't stop and ask which user I want to start at the welcome screen.
> I set a password for the user account and for the admin account and it
> still
> boots right into the admin account.
> I want to be able to have the choice of which account I can log into when
> the computer starts up.
> I have checked the user setting in the control panel and I don't see where
> I
> can make this change.
> Can someone please help.
> I would appreciate it very much
> I just want it to ask me which account to pick from when the computer
> starts.
> Thanks in advance
> Ron Stewart
>
>