XP Pro auto logson every boot after SP2 upgrade

After upgrading to SP I find that even from a cold boot, Windows now skips
the Log-on screen and takes me straight to desktop.

I tried logging off and then shutting down the computer. I even turned it
off at the UPS to make sure it was switched off completely: but as soon as I
booted it up again it skipped the log-on screen and took me straight to
desktop.

I only have/use the admin account on my machine because no other people use
it: but now I find that unless I actually turn off my entire system at its
UPS, "Partition Magic" software complains that it can only run from a
cold-boot, not after the machine has come out of hibernation.

I did notice that on boot-up and before the Win XP loading/flash screen
appears, I see the same progress bar(though very briefly) that is displayed
after my computer comes out of hibernation(but with no resuming windows
message above it.)

[BM]

If the question your asking is why Windows logs you in automatically, Pehaps
it's because there is no password set on the user account you use. Try
setting a password from the User Accounts option in Control Panel.

Hope it helps,
BM

"a" wrote:

> After upgrading to SP I find that even from a cold boot, Windows now skips
> the Log-on screen and takes me straight to desktop.
>
> I tried logging off and then shutting down the computer. I even turned it
> off at the UPS to make sure it was switched off completely: but as soon as I
> booted it up again it skipped the log-on screen and took me straight to
> desktop.
>
> I only have/use the admin account on my machine because no other people use
> it: but now I find that unless I actually turn off my entire system at its
> UPS, "Partition Magic" software complains that it can only run from a
> cold-boot, not after the machine has come out of hibernation.
>
> I did notice that on boot-up and before the Win XP loading/flash screen
> appears, I see the same progress bar(though very briefly) that is displayed
> after my computer comes out of hibernation(but with no resuming windows
> message above it.)
>
>
>

Thx for reply - I seem to have stumbled across a solution myself.

I downloaded the XP TweakUI powertoy and set it so that the Admin account
and not just my personal account were shown on the log-on screen. Now,
because there are 2 profiles on the log in screen, XP no longer logs me in
automatically, and "partition magic" seems to run ok too!
=)


"BM" > wrote in message
...
> If the question your asking is why Windows logs you in automatically,
> Pehaps
> it's because there is no password set on the user account you use. Try
> setting a password from the User Accounts option in Control Panel.
>
> Hope it helps,
> BM
>
> "a" wrote:
>
>> After upgrading to SP I find that even from a cold boot, Windows now
>> skips
>> the Log-on screen and takes me straight to desktop.
>>
>> I tried logging off and then shutting down the computer. I even turned it
>> off at the UPS to make sure it was switched off completely: but as soon
>> as I
>> booted it up again it skipped the log-on screen and took me straight to
>> desktop.
>>
>> I only have/use the admin account on my machine because no other people
>> use
>> it: but now I find that unless I actually turn off my entire system at
>> its
>> UPS, "Partition Magic" software complains that it can only run from a
>> cold-boot, not after the machine has come out of hibernation.
>>
>> I did notice that on boot-up and before the Win XP loading/flash screen
>> appears, I see the same progress bar(though very briefly) that is
>> displayed
>> after my computer comes out of hibernation(but with no resuming windows
>> message above it.)
>>
>>
>>