log on

[richo]

hello there,
since downloading service pack 1 for windows xp
professional i now have to log on at start up and i am
unable to find an option in "user accounts".
Anyone know how to turn this off? ( I use a stand alone
computer - andthere are no other users of it)

t.i.a.
Rich.

[Kristofer Gafvert]

Hello,

Click Start->Run, and type:
control userpasswords2

Now clear "Users must enter a username and password to use this computer"


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"richo" > wrote in message
...
> hello there,
> since downloading service pack 1 for windows xp
> professional i now have to log on at start up and i am
> unable to find an option in "user accounts".
> Anyone know how to turn this off? ( I use a stand alone
> computer - andthere are no other users of it)
>
> t.i.a.
> Rich.

Well...tks Kristofer, I guess.
I don't have to log on now, but I have lost all my
settings, including files in "my documents", music files
etc - How do I get them back!!! :-)
Rich.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hello,
>
>Click Start->Run, and type:
>control userpasswords2
>
>Now clear "Users must enter a username and password to
use this computer"
>
>
>--
>Regards,
>Kristofer Gafvert
>Reply to newsgroup only. Remove NEWS if you must reply
by email, but please
>do not.
>
>
>"richo" > wrote in
message
...
>> hello there,
>> since downloading service pack 1 for windows xp
>> professional i now have to log on at start up and i am
>> unable to find an option in "user accounts".
>> Anyone know how to turn this off? ( I use a stand alone
>> computer - andthere are no other users of it)
>>
>> t.i.a.
>> Rich.
>
>
>.
>

[Kristofer Gafvert]

Hello,

You are probably logging on with another user account now. Have a look here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/tips/march/knox1.asp

--
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Kristofer Gafvert
Reply to newsgroup only. Remove NEWS if you must reply by email, but please
do not.


> wrote in message
...
> Well...tks Kristofer, I guess.
> I don't have to log on now, but I have lost all my
> settings, including files in "my documents", music files
> etc - How do I get them back!!! :-)
> Rich.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hello,
> >
> >Click Start->Run, and type:
> >control userpasswords2
> >
> >Now clear "Users must enter a username and password to
> use this computer"
> >
> >
> >--
> >Regards,
> >Kristofer Gafvert
> >Reply to newsgroup only. Remove NEWS if you must reply
> by email, but please
> >do not.
> >
> >
> >"richo" > wrote in
> message
> ...
> >> hello there,
> >> since downloading service pack 1 for windows xp
> >> professional i now have to log on at start up and i am
> >> unable to find an option in "user accounts".
> >> Anyone know how to turn this off? ( I use a stand alone
> >> computer - andthere are no other users of it)
> >>
> >> t.i.a.
> >> Rich.
> >
> >
> >.
> >

[Richo.]

Tks Kristofer, i posted a reply to this yesterday but it
appears to have disappeared. I did as you suggested but,
although indeed, this lets you in without a password, it
sets up a new account called 'administrator' which it
boots up and which i can't delete. This 'administrator'
account doesn't have my settings etc.

cheers,
Richard.

>-----Original Message-----
>Hello,
>
>Click Start->Run, and type:
>control userpasswords2
>
>Now clear "Users must enter a username and password to
use this computer"
>
>
>--
>Regards,
>Kristofer Gafvert
>Reply to newsgroup only. Remove NEWS if you must reply by
email, but please
>do not.
>
>
>"richo" > wrote in
message
...
>> hello there,
>> since downloading service pack 1 for windows xp
>> professional i now have to log on at start up and i am
>> unable to find an option in "user accounts".
>> Anyone know how to turn this off? ( I use a stand alone
>> computer - andthere are no other users of it)
>>
>> t.i.a.
>> Rich.
>
>
>.
>

[Kristofer Gafvert]

Hello,

You are probably logging on with another user account now. Have a look here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/tips/march/knox1.asp


--
Regards,
Kristofer Gafvert
Reply to newsgroup only. Remove NEWS if you must reply by email, but please
do not.


"Richo." > wrote in message
...
> Tks Kristofer, i posted a reply to this yesterday but it
> appears to have disappeared. I did as you suggested but,
> although indeed, this lets you in without a password, it
> sets up a new account called 'administrator' which it
> boots up and which i can't delete. This 'administrator'
> account doesn't have my settings etc.
>
> cheers,
> Richard.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hello,
> >
> >Click Start->Run, and type:
> >control userpasswords2
> >
> >Now clear "Users must enter a username and password to
> use this computer"
> >
> >
> >--
> >Regards,
> >Kristofer Gafvert
> >Reply to newsgroup only. Remove NEWS if you must reply by
> email, but please
> >do not.
> >
> >
> >"richo" > wrote in
> message
> ...
> >> hello there,
> >> since downloading service pack 1 for windows xp
> >> professional i now have to log on at start up and i am
> >> unable to find an option in "user accounts".
> >> Anyone know how to turn this off? ( I use a stand alone
> >> computer - andthere are no other users of it)
> >>
> >> t.i.a.
> >> Rich.
> >
> >
> >.
> >