John Savill
December 5th 03, 01:39 AM
You should download TweakUI and enable via the
login/autologin options.
Or you could edit the registry:
Start regedit.exe (Start - Run - regedit)
Open the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\Current Version\Winlogon
Double click the DefaultDomainName and fill in your
domain name
Double click the DefaultUserName and fill in login name
From Edit menu select New String Value, and enter
DefaultPassword as name of value
Double click the DefaultPassword and enter in the
password
From Edit menu select New String Value, and enter
AutoAdminLogon as name of value
Double click the AutoAdminLogon and set the value to the
number 1
Close regedit
Logoff and you will be automatically logged in again
Under Windows XP Professional you can use:
From the Start menu select Run
Enter:
control userpasswords2
and click OK
Select the Users tab
Uncheck the 'Users must enter a user name and password to
use this computer.'
Click OK
You will be asked for the username and password for which
users will be automatically logged on and click OK
I don't think it works under Home though.
Regards,
John
John Savill
http://www.windows2000faq.com
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi all!!
>
>I'm having a REALLY basic problem with XP Home which is
>annoying me no end! For some reason when I woke up this
>morning I switched on my PC and it displayed the welcome
>screen making me sign in as a user. This is odd as I am
>the only user of the PC - mine was the only option
>available, and the guest account is switched off. I also
>do not have a password.
>
>I can't figure it out although I have been logging off
and
>re-logging on a lot lately as a shortcut to make newly
>installed programs take affect as my PC takes AGES to
shut
>down, so maybey this set a precident for the PC which
then
>assumed it should log on every time.
>
>I know how to switch the welcome screen off but this
just
>makes me sign in through a windows ME style sign-in box,
>which doesnt solve the problem (and I also loose my
retro
>looking shutdown, restart and standby buttons that come
>with XP). What I want to do is go back to my automatic
>sign in which byepasses the welcome screen just
displaying
>the word "welcome" for a couple of seconds before
dumping
>me nicely at my desktop.
>
>If anyone could help I would appriciate it - and I also
>appriciate them getting through this long post to help
me!!
>
>Cheers!
>
>Dav;)
>
>PS - I am suspicious that the .NET framework download
that
>I got last night when updating windows may have doen
this
>as I now (I didnt uses to) have a ASP.NET A.... account
>which does not show up on the logon screen but is in
>the "users" menu with a skateboarder pic next to
>the "limited account" details - cud this be the route to
>the problem and if so can I delete it or will BAD things
>result from these actions??
>.
>
login/autologin options.
Or you could edit the registry:
Start regedit.exe (Start - Run - regedit)
Open the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\Current Version\Winlogon
Double click the DefaultDomainName and fill in your
domain name
Double click the DefaultUserName and fill in login name
From Edit menu select New String Value, and enter
DefaultPassword as name of value
Double click the DefaultPassword and enter in the
password
From Edit menu select New String Value, and enter
AutoAdminLogon as name of value
Double click the AutoAdminLogon and set the value to the
number 1
Close regedit
Logoff and you will be automatically logged in again
Under Windows XP Professional you can use:
From the Start menu select Run
Enter:
control userpasswords2
and click OK
Select the Users tab
Uncheck the 'Users must enter a user name and password to
use this computer.'
Click OK
You will be asked for the username and password for which
users will be automatically logged on and click OK
I don't think it works under Home though.
Regards,
John
John Savill
http://www.windows2000faq.com
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi all!!
>
>I'm having a REALLY basic problem with XP Home which is
>annoying me no end! For some reason when I woke up this
>morning I switched on my PC and it displayed the welcome
>screen making me sign in as a user. This is odd as I am
>the only user of the PC - mine was the only option
>available, and the guest account is switched off. I also
>do not have a password.
>
>I can't figure it out although I have been logging off
and
>re-logging on a lot lately as a shortcut to make newly
>installed programs take affect as my PC takes AGES to
shut
>down, so maybey this set a precident for the PC which
then
>assumed it should log on every time.
>
>I know how to switch the welcome screen off but this
just
>makes me sign in through a windows ME style sign-in box,
>which doesnt solve the problem (and I also loose my
retro
>looking shutdown, restart and standby buttons that come
>with XP). What I want to do is go back to my automatic
>sign in which byepasses the welcome screen just
displaying
>the word "welcome" for a couple of seconds before
dumping
>me nicely at my desktop.
>
>If anyone could help I would appriciate it - and I also
>appriciate them getting through this long post to help
me!!
>
>Cheers!
>
>Dav;)
>
>PS - I am suspicious that the .NET framework download
that
>I got last night when updating windows may have doen
this
>as I now (I didnt uses to) have a ASP.NET A.... account
>which does not show up on the logon screen but is in
>the "users" menu with a skateboarder pic next to
>the "limited account" details - cud this be the route to
>the problem and if so can I delete it or will BAD things
>result from these actions??
>.
>