how to boot straight to windows - with no frog no butterfly - no default no owner selection

[bof]

I've just changed to XP from Win ME, where I had the system configured
so it went straight to Windows with no user intervention or selections
needed at startup.

How do I do this with XP? I.e. get rid of the frog/butterfly
default/owner choice.

MTIA




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bof at bof dot org dot uk

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Start/run control userpasswords2

Uncheck the box requiringa username and password, click apply/ok and =
follow the prompts to set up a default logon.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
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"bof" > wrote in message =
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> I've just changed to XP from Win ME, where I had the system configured =

> so it went straight to Windows with no user intervention or selections =

> needed at startup.
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> How do I do this with XP? I.e. get rid of the frog/butterfly=20
> default/owner choice.
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> MTIA
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> --=20
> freedom, my ass
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> bof at bof dot org dot uk

[bof]

In message >, "Rick \"Nutcase\"
Rogers" > writes
>Hi,
>
>Start/run control userpasswords2
>
>Uncheck the box requiringa username and password, click apply/ok and
>follow the prompts to set up a default logon.

Err thanks for the suggestion, on my machine this results in some very
nasty behaviour, as the machine boots there's a very quick flash of the
logon screen with a message along the lines of 'can't log on due to
account restrictions' and the PC then hangs with a 'Windows is starting
up screen' which won't respond to CTRL ALT DEL.

The only way I could escape from this was to restart the PC and rapidly
press the enter key as the PC was booting, which then takes me to the
frog and butterfly screen.

I tried setting up the default logon as both administrator and default,
same effect.



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freedom, my ass

bof at bof dot org dot uk

[naddame]

I think by default he meant the who you want to log in as by default... must
be a valid user.


"bof" > wrote in message
...
> In message >, "Rick \"Nutcase\"
> Rogers" > writes
> >Hi,
> >
> >Start/run control userpasswords2
> >
> >Uncheck the box requiringa username and password, click apply/ok and
> >follow the prompts to set up a default logon.
>
> Err thanks for the suggestion, on my machine this results in some very
> nasty behaviour, as the machine boots there's a very quick flash of the
> logon screen with a message along the lines of 'can't log on due to
> account restrictions' and the PC then hangs with a 'Windows is starting
> up screen' which won't respond to CTRL ALT DEL.
>
> The only way I could escape from this was to restart the PC and rapidly
> press the enter key as the PC was booting, which then takes me to the
> frog and butterfly screen.
>
> I tried setting up the default logon as both administrator and default,
> same effect.
>
>
>
> --
> freedom, my ass
>
> bof at bof dot org dot uk

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

It sounds as if you're running XP Home, and if you are, you can't use this
technique to log into the built in Administrator account. And when Rick
said to set up a "default" logon account, you should use the Username and
password (if any) for the account that you want automatically logged on.

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"bof" > wrote in message
...
> In message >, "Rick \"Nutcase\"
> Rogers" > writes
> >Hi,
> >
> >Start/run control userpasswords2
> >
> >Uncheck the box requiringa username and password, click apply/ok and
> >follow the prompts to set up a default logon.
>
> Err thanks for the suggestion, on my machine this results in some very
> nasty behaviour, as the machine boots there's a very quick flash of the
> logon screen with a message along the lines of 'can't log on due to
> account restrictions' and the PC then hangs with a 'Windows is starting
> up screen' which won't respond to CTRL ALT DEL.
>
> The only way I could escape from this was to restart the PC and rapidly
> press the enter key as the PC was booting, which then takes me to the
> frog and butterfly screen.
>
> I tried setting up the default logon as both administrator and default,
> same effect.
>
>
>
> --
> freedom, my ass
>
> bof at bof dot org dot uk

[bof]

In message >, Doug Knox MS-MVP
> writes
>It sounds as if you're running XP Home, and if you are, you can't use this
>technique to log into the built in Administrator account. And when Rick
>said to set up a "default" logon account, you should use the Username and
>password (if any) for the account that you want automatically logged on.


Thanks, got it now. It seems that using the technique with the two
'supplied' accounts I tried 'Administrator' and 'Default' cause XP to
hang on boot, I've now tried the technique with a third 'supplied'
account 'Owner' and it works fine. So for anyone else who wants to boot
straight to Windows with no user intervention here's a technique that
works:



from start > run > "control userpasswords2"

set up a password in the 'Owner' account

untick the 'Users must enter a name and password to use this computer'
tickbox

Click OK

enter Owner and their password in the appropriate fields

Click OK




Many thanks to all for the help


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freedom, my ass

bof at bof dot org dot uk