wrote:
I'm the only user so--- (and sorry for the repetrition ---)

I was told once to:

DesktopComputer(right click) Manage

then some more. BUT

Perhaps I somenow (certainly not intentionally) lost "Computer" .
I have no "Computer" on the desktop.

Try

control userpasswords2

and see if the control panel that pops up has a tick box for
login removal.

The only picture I could find, was in German.

http://www.windowspower.de/wp-conten...utzerkonto.jpg

http://translate.google.com/#auto/en...ort%20eingeben

mussen benutzernamen und kennwort eingeben = need to enter user name and password

So that tick box should be the one.

Another thread here, on the topic of passwords.

http://www.eightforums.com/user-acco...d-win-8-a.html

*******

There is a tutorial here on desktop icons for Windows 8.

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials...ndows-8-a.html

The icon the procedure puts back is "Computer", not "My Computer".
And the icon to expect, can be seen here.

http://www.eightforums.com/attachmen...-8-icons-4.jpg

When you open the Windows 8 "Computer", it looks like this.
It's not exactly the same as "My Computer" on WinXP.

http://www.eightforums.com/attachmen...rer_ribbon.jpg

They make Explorer replacements, but personally I won't be testing
a ton of these and messing up my OS. Even on my Windows 8.1 preview
disk.

http://www.zabkat.com/

Paul