Turn off Welcome screen

[Agoston Bejo]

Hi,
I would like to set up my windows xp professional so that neither the
Welcome Screen nor the Logon Screen gets displayed upon system startup. In
Windows 2000 there was an option somewhere where you could set a user as a
default account, and then no authentication was required. Where is the
Windows XP counterpart of this option?
However, I would also like to keep the other user accounts on this computer,
I simply want ONE of them to be the default.

[Kelly]

1996?

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"Agoston Bejo" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
> I would like to set up my windows xp professional so that neither the
> Welcome Screen nor the Logon Screen gets displayed upon system startup. In
> Windows 2000 there was an option somewhere where you could set a user as a
> default account, and then no authentication was required. Where is the
> Windows XP counterpart of this option?
> However, I would also like to keep the other user accounts on this
> computer,
> I simply want ONE of them to be the default.
>
>

[a nonymous]

"Agoston Bejo" > wrote
| Hi,
| I would like to set up my windows xp professional so that neither the
| Welcome Screen nor the Logon Screen gets displayed upon system startup. In
| Windows 2000 there was an option somewhere where you could set a user as a
| default account, and then no authentication was required. Where is the
| Windows XP counterpart of this option?
| However, I would also like to keep the other user accounts on this computer,
| I simply want ONE of them to be the default.


If not joined to a domain:

Start
Run
control userpasswords2
Enter
Users
[ ] "Users Must Enter A User Name And Password To Use This Computer"
Enter

In the "Automatically Log On" dialog box,
type the user name and password for the account
to be logged on each time the computer starts.

[SlowJet]

You can have one main user that will auto log on (may need a blank
password?)

Or

you can have Multiple users under fast user switching with or without a
password for each user. (without a password (NOT RECOMMENDED) a click would
logon.

This does not count the guest or ADMIN account.

or

you can have W2K style ctrl-alt-del.

W2K allowed the last user's Name to be shown in the logon box, but there is
no auto logon.

The Welcome screen is what you get.
The logon screen depends on your choice above.

All of this is in the help screens.

SJ


"a nonymous" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Agoston Bejo" > wrote
> | Hi,
> | I would like to set up my windows xp professional so that neither the
> | Welcome Screen nor the Logon Screen gets displayed upon system startup.
> In
> | Windows 2000 there was an option somewhere where you could set a user as
> a
> | default account, and then no authentication was required. Where is the
> | Windows XP counterpart of this option?
> | However, I would also like to keep the other user accounts on this
> computer,
> | I simply want ONE of them to be the default.
>
>
> If not joined to a domain:
>
> Start
> Run
> control userpasswords2
> Enter
> Users
> [ ] "Users Must Enter A User Name And Password To Use This Computer"
> Enter
>
> In the "Automatically Log On" dialog box,
> type the user name and password for the account
> to be logged on each time the computer starts.
>
>

[Anando [MS-MVP]]

Hi,

To automatically log-on to Windows, type CONTROL USERPASSWORDS2 at Start >>
Run and press enter. Under the "User" tab,
uncheck the box "Users must enter a username...." and hit apply. Supply the
username and password under which you want
your computer to Auto-logon everytime and OK your way out.


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"Agoston Bejo" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
> I would like to set up my windows xp professional so that neither the
> Welcome Screen nor the Logon Screen gets displayed upon system startup. In
> Windows 2000 there was an option somewhere where you could set a user as a
> default account, and then no authentication was required. Where is the
> Windows XP counterpart of this option?
> However, I would also like to keep the other user accounts on this
> computer,
> I simply want ONE of them to be the default.
>
>

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

Agoston Bejo wrote:
> Hi,
> I would like to set up my windows xp professional so that neither the
> Welcome Screen nor the Logon Screen gets displayed upon system
> startup. In Windows 2000 there was an option somewhere where you
> could set a user as a default account, and then no authentication was
> required. Where is the Windows XP counterpart of this option?
> However, I would also like to keep the other user accounts on this
> computer, I simply want ONE of them to be the default.

Agoston

The date on your computer is set to the year 1996?

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Windows Shell/User

[Ron Bogart]

In ,
Ronnie Vernon MVP > did some thinking and came up with these
words:
> Agoston Bejo wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I would like to set up my windows xp professional so that neither the
>> Welcome Screen nor the Logon Screen gets displayed upon system
>> startup. In Windows 2000 there was an option somewhere where you
>> could set a user as a default account, and then no authentication was
>> required. Where is the Windows XP counterpart of this option?
>> However, I would also like to keep the other user accounts on this
>> computer, I simply want ONE of them to be the default.
>
> Agoston
>
> *The date on your computer is set to the year 1996?*

I wondered why I could find the OP's request.

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