Signing on to Win XP Pro

[Jeff Gillan]

Hello group,
I'm having an issue, and perhaps you can help:

I am running WinXP Pro on my new Dell, and I'm the only one in my household.
Obviously I have administrator privileges on the pc. So, why, each time I
power up the Dell, I get a screen that tells me "to begin, click on your
user name." I'm the only user - why is XP asking me to do this, and how do I
get rid of this step?

Thanks in advance for your help.
Jeff

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

How to Enable Automatic Logon in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q315231

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"Jeff Gillan" > wrote in message
...
> Hello group,
> I'm having an issue, and perhaps you can help:
>
> I am running WinXP Pro on my new Dell, and I'm the only one in my
household.
> Obviously I have administrator privileges on the pc. So, why, each
time I
> power up the Dell, I get a screen that tells me "to begin, click on
your
> user name." I'm the only user - why is XP asking me to do this, and
how do I
> get rid of this step?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
> Jeff
>
>

[Ramesh \(XP Power User\)]

control userpasswords2 is the easiest method in that MS article given by
Bruce.

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"Jeff Gillan" > wrote in message
...
Hello group,
I'm having an issue, and perhaps you can help:

I am running WinXP Pro on my new Dell, and I'm the only one in my household.
Obviously I have administrator privileges on the pc. So, why, each time I
power up the Dell, I get a screen that tells me "to begin, click on your
user name." I'm the only user - why is XP asking me to do this, and how do I
get rid of this step?

Thanks in advance for your help.
Jeff

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Jeff,

Much easier than editing the registry:

Start/run control userpasswords2

Uncheck the box requiring a 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
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Jeff Gillan" > wrote in message
...
> Hello group,
> I'm having an issue, and perhaps you can help:
>
> I am running WinXP Pro on my new Dell, and I'm the only one in my
household.
> Obviously I have administrator privileges on the pc. So, why, each time I
> power up the Dell, I get a screen that tells me "to begin, click on your
> user name." I'm the only user - why is XP asking me to do this, and how do
I
> get rid of this step?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
> Jeff
>
>

[Jeff Gillan]

Thanks for all your help,
Jeff


"Jeff Gillan" > wrote in message
...
> Hello group,
> I'm having an issue, and perhaps you can help:
>
> I am running WinXP Pro on my new Dell, and I'm the only one in my
household.
> Obviously I have administrator privileges on the pc. So, why, each time I
> power up the Dell, I get a screen that tells me "to begin, click on your
> user name." I'm the only user - why is XP asking me to do this, and how do
I
> get rid of this step?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
> Jeff
>
>