Bypass Welcome Start-Up Screen

I am the only user of this (with No admin) account, for my Win 7 PC

Is there a way I can bypass the need to Click on my User name, to
stat Windows, each time I boot-up? (Sorry, but I do not know the tech
name for that start up screen). Ideally, I would like to boot directly
into Windows.

Thx - dave

In ,
Dave C typed:
I am the only user of this (with No admin) account, for my Win 7 PC

Is there a way I can bypass the need to Click on my User name, to
stat Windows, each time I boot-up? (Sorry, but I do not know the tech
name for that start up screen). Ideally, I would like to boot directly
into Windows.

Thx - dave

Run (Win+R keys work) and paste in or type this below.

control userpasswords2

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BillW50 typed:
In ,
Dave C typed:
I am the only user of this (with No admin) account, for my Win 7 PC

Is there a way I can bypass the need to Click on my User name, to
stat Windows, each time I boot-up? (Sorry, but I do not know the
tech name for that start up screen). Ideally, I would like to boot
directly into Windows.

Thx - dave

Run (Win+R keys work) and paste in or type this below.

control userpasswords2

I also forgot to mention that you might need admin account to make this
change.

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Centrino Core Duo T2300 1.66GHz - 4GB - ATI X1400 - Windows XP SP2

| Is there a way I can bypass the need to Click on my User name, to
| stat Windows, each time I boot-up? (Sorry, but I do not know the tech
| name for that start up screen). Ideally, I would like to boot directly
| into Windows.
|

Change your password to blank. (None.)
If there's only one user and that user has no
password then there's no login.

On Mon, 16 Jun 2014 07:12:36 -0500, "BillW50" wrote:

In ,
Dave C typed:
I am the only user of this (with No admin) account, for my Win 7 PC

Is there a way I can bypass the need to Click on my User name, to
stat Windows, each time I boot-up? (Sorry, but I do not know the tech
name for that start up screen). Ideally, I would like to boot directly
into Windows.

Thx - dave

Run (Win+R keys work) and paste in or type this below.

control userpasswords2


+1, this is the safest way of accomplishing what you want.

BillW50 wrote:

Dave C typed:

I am the only user of this (with No admin) account, for my Win 7 PC

Is there a way I can bypass the need to Click on my User name, to
stat Windows, each time I boot-up? (Sorry, but I do not know the tech
name for that start up screen). Ideally, I would like to boot directly
into Windows.

Run (Win+R keys work) and paste in or type this below.

control userpasswords2

Afterwhich Dave needs to select a account and verify its password. That
means ANYONE with access to that computer can login. The "only user"
does not necessitate "only one in the house".

This feature mandates that the account used for default login MUST have
a non-blank password. It is possible to create accounts or define
policies so accounts have a blank password. For accounts with blank
passwords, you can't use the auto-logon trick, you cannot define
scheduled event in Task Scheduler, you cannot use Run As, and probably
many more restrictions due to lack of a password.

On Mon, 16 Jun 2014 07:57:25 -0400, Dave C wrote:

I am the only user of this (with No admin) account, for my Win 7 PC

Is there a way I can bypass the need to Click on my User name, to
stat Windows, each time I boot-up? (Sorry, but I do not know the tech
name for that start up screen). Ideally, I would like to boot directly
into Windows.

Thx - dave

Once you get into the screen for control userpasswords2, all you have to
do is uncheck "Users must enter ...", but you will be required to
identify yourself with the right password to finish.

The screen in question is labeled User Accounts and the tab you need to
look at is called Users.

If you can't get there, go to the Start orb, type cmd and right click
cmd.exe or Command Prompt in the menu, and choose "Run as
administrator". Then run the given command in the command window.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

In article , says...

BillW50 wrote:

Dave C typed:

I am the only user of this (with No admin) account, for my Win 7 PC

Is there a way I can bypass the need to Click on my User name, to
stat Windows, each time I boot-up? (Sorry, but I do not know the tech
name for that start up screen). Ideally, I would like to boot directly
into Windows.

Run (Win+R keys work) and paste in or type this below.

control userpasswords2

Afterwhich Dave needs to select a account and verify its password. That
means ANYONE with access to that computer can login. The "only user"
does not necessitate "only one in the house".

This feature mandates that the account used for default login MUST have
a non-blank password. It is possible to create accounts or define
policies so accounts have a blank password. For accounts with blank
passwords, you can't use the auto-logon trick, you cannot define
scheduled event in Task Scheduler, you cannot use Run As, and probably
many more restrictions due to lack of a password.

That can't be right. I've only once setup an XP (or later) pc with more
than one account. Whenever it's simply the one account (e.g. my own
personal pcs) I don't bother with any password and it gets me right to
the desktop without any Welcome screen.

pjp wrote, On 6/16/2014 4:57 PM:
In article , says...

BillW50 wrote:

Dave C typed:

I am the only user of this (with No admin) account, for my Win 7 PC

Is there a way I can bypass the need to Click on my User name, to
stat Windows, each time I boot-up? (Sorry, but I do not know the tech
name for that start up screen). Ideally, I would like to boot directly
into Windows.

Run (Win+R keys work) and paste in or type this below.

control userpasswords2

Afterwhich Dave needs to select a account and verify its password. That
means ANYONE with access to that computer can login. The "only user"
does not necessitate "only one in the house".

This feature mandates that the account used for default login MUST have
a non-blank password. It is possible to create accounts or define
policies so accounts have a blank password. For accounts with blank
passwords, you can't use the auto-logon trick, you cannot define
scheduled event in Task Scheduler, you cannot use Run As, and probably
many more restrictions due to lack of a password.

That can't be right. I've only once setup an XP (or later) pc with more
than one account. Whenever it's simply the one account (e.g. my own
personal pcs) I don't bother with any password and it gets me right to
the desktop without any Welcome screen.


For Win7
How to Automatically Log On a User Account at Windows 7 Startup
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...y-startup.html

How To Automatically Log On To a User Account in Windows 7
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/window...-windows-7.htm


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...winston
msft mvp consumer apps

pjp wrote:

In article , says...

BillW50 wrote:

Dave C typed:

I am the only user of this (with No admin) account, for my Win 7 PC

Is there a way I can bypass the need to Click on my User name, to
stat Windows, each time I boot-up? (Sorry, but I do not know the tech
name for that start up screen). Ideally, I would like to boot directly
into Windows.

Run (Win+R keys work) and paste in or type this below.

control userpasswords2

Afterwhich Dave needs to select a account and verify its password. That
means ANYONE with access to that computer can login. The "only user"
does not necessitate "only one in the house".

This feature mandates that the account used for default login MUST have
a non-blank password. It is possible to create accounts or define
policies so accounts have a blank password. For accounts with blank
passwords, you can't use the auto-logon trick, you cannot define
scheduled event in Task Scheduler, you cannot use Run As, and probably
many more restrictions due to lack of a password.

That can't be right. I've only once setup an XP (or later) pc with more
than one account. Whenever it's simply the one account (e.g. my own
personal pcs) I don't bother with any password and it gets me right to
the desktop without any Welcome screen.

We're talking about the auto-login feature in Windows, not automatically
selecting the only user account defined in Windows.

The no-password-skip-logon-screen trick relies upon defining only one
user account. A blank password means you cannot use several features of
Windows. If you're willing to sacrifice those features, never define
accounts for other users or for other uses, and don't care about the
security of your host then use a blank password. You also don't need to
use the lock your house or car to let you can enter and exit without
encumbrance, and so can everyone else.

When you have a Windows account with a blank password:
- Can you access shares across the network when the account under which
you are logged in has a blank password?
- Homegroups let you access shared printers but you had to enter your
password the first time you entered that homegroup. How are you going
to enter a password when you don't have one?
- For a workgroup (because you have some Windows 2000/XP hosts in your
network and cannot use a homegroup), can you access a shared printer
when using an account with a blank password?
- Can you define scheduled events in Task Scheduler? Nope. Even if you
think you will never define a scheduled event (although it's likely to
happen at some time, even for some programs you install that used the
following trick), a trick to get around the UAC prompt on startup
programs is to make them as scheduled events that run on logon.
- Does Run As work when not logged on under an admin-level account and
your account doesn't have a password?
- You cannot lockout your desktop by using a screensaver with the option
to require a password to exit. Similarly, you cannot hit the Win+L
key combo to lock your desktop and keep anyone out (it really doesn't
lock). No password means no restriction to enter.

To eliminate running into problems later with "everyone else can do this
except me", use a non-blank password on your account. Then if you don't
care about the physical security of your host (i.e., everyone is allowed
to walk up to your host and use your account), use the auto-logon trick
to bypass the logon screen (even if you have multiple user accounts
defined).

| The no-password-skip-logon-screen trick relies upon defining only one
| user account. A blank password means you cannot use several features of
| Windows. If you're willing to sacrifice those features, never define
| accounts for other users or for other uses, and don't care about the
| security of your host then use a blank password. You also don't need to
| use the lock your house or car to let you can enter and exit without
| encumbrance, and so can everyone else.
|

But you can lock your house and still unlock your computer.
People who work in corporate environments often don't understand
the priorities of most SOHo users. I don't have any PCs with
login. I don't have any with more than one user account,
except a single Win7 laptop that I sometimes use to test
software in lackey mode. I also don't have any passwords on
any of my computers, except one that has a BIOS password.
That may limit me on Win7, but I've never noticed. I don't
enable UAC and have never, ever, used Scheduled Tasks.
Nor am I on a network. (As a SOHo user there's really no
reason to add that security risk. The security risk for SOHo
computers is at the ports, not at the keyboard.)

I live with my lady friend and trust her not to steal any top
secret data from my computer. If anyone ever breaks in I
expect they'll steal my computer before they steal my
software code or family pictures. So there's really no reason
for me to put up with the inconvenience of passwords and
lackey user limitations every time I boot.

There are reasons to lock down the system, but those
reasons don't apply to everyone. (You might say, as corporate
types do, that no one should run with full permissions. All
I can say is that my method works for me, and I'd sooner trust
my computer than the average PC, running in lackey mode with
passwords, AV and malware hunters, but also with script enabled
in the browser, a limited firewall, Flash, Java, Silverlight, Adobe
plugins, etc.)

On Mon, 16 Jun 2014 07:12:36 -0500, "BillW50" wrote:

In ,
Dave C typed:
I am the only user of this (with No admin) account, for my Win 7 PC

Is there a way I can bypass the need to Click on my User name, to
stat Windows, each time I boot-up? (Sorry, but I do not know the tech
name for that start up screen). Ideally, I would like to boot directly
into Windows.

Thx - dave

Run (Win+R keys work) and paste in or type this below.

control userpasswords2

Run netplwiz also works.

Tom

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On 6/17/2014 11:49 AM, Tom Hall wrote:
On Mon, 16 Jun 2014 07:12:36 -0500, "BillW50" wrote:

In ,
Dave C typed:
I am the only user of this (with No admin) account, for my Win 7 PC

Is there a way I can bypass the need to Click on my User name, to
stat Windows, each time I boot-up? (Sorry, but I do not know the tech
name for that start up screen). Ideally, I would like to boot directly
into Windows.

Thx - dave

Run (Win+R keys work) and paste in or type this below.

control userpasswords2

Run netplwiz also works.

Actually "control userpasswords2" runs netplwiz. So use whatever you like.

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Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Kingston 120GB SSD - Thunderbird v24.4.0
Centrino Core2 Duo T7400 2.16 GHz - 4GB - Windows 8.1 Pro w/Media Center

Mayayana wrote:

| The no-password-skip-logon-screen trick relies upon defining only one
| user account. A blank password means you cannot use several features of
| Windows. If you're willing to sacrifice those features, never define
| accounts for other users or for other uses, and don't care about the
| security of your host then use a blank password. You also don't need to
| use the lock your house or car to let you can enter and exit without
| encumbrance, and so can everyone else.
|

But you can lock your house and still unlock your computer.

So how does that analogy apply? I was equating the house or car with
the computer, not something you lock inside your house or car. Why do
you lock your house? To limit access to your stuff inside.

People who work in corporate environments often don't understand
the priorities of most SOHo users.

I take it you aren't dating or married, definitely have no kids, never
have parties, or that you also lock your computer den's door.

Yes, ot is often more important to lock your computer at work than at
home. Workers are often in open cubicles with lots of people moving
around, cleaning crews coming in after hours, people there on shifts
when you're not there. If you live alone and live a lonely life then,
yes, you don't care about physical access to your computer by someone
else while relying on the locked door.

I live with my lady friend and trust her not to steal any top
secret data from my computer.

How could there be any "secret data" on your unprotected computer? If
you're using encrypted containers or whole-disk encryption then you've
substituted or added that protection beyond using a password. In fact,
using encryption means you are more paranoid than someone that only uses
a password. Order of protection strength (and of paranoia), low to
high: telling or trusting someone not to use your computer, a locked
door, OS password, BIOS password, encryption, and layering of multiple
protections.

Alas, reality shows people split up and unfortunately not always on
graceful terms. Talk to some divorcees about losing their computer in a
settlement. Presumably you don't have and don't plan on having kids.
So is the computer room door lockable for when you have friends over?

There are reasons to lock down the system, but those
reasons don't apply to everyone.

Yep, just what I said, too. "If you ... don't care about the security
of your host then use a blank password." I didn't go into how to secure
the environ in which the host resides as that is not an issue with
securing the host itself. Relying on a locked door simply moves the
protection outward from the non-passworded computer. Adding protection
around your house or car lets you leave the house or car unlocked, too.
Do you lock your car inside that locked garage? Some folks do but you
imply you wouldn't. The locked garage is enough protection for you.
You use the locked garage in lieu of locking the car. You replaced one
lock with another. If the environ inside is safe, the outer lock may be
sufficient.

BillW50 wrote:

On 6/17/2014 11:49 AM, Tom Hall wrote:
On Mon, 16 Jun 2014 07:12:36 -0500, "BillW50" wrote:

In ,
Dave C typed:
I am the only user of this (with No admin) account, for my Win 7 PC

Is there a way I can bypass the need to Click on my User name, to
stat Windows, each time I boot-up? (Sorry, but I do not know the tech
name for that start up screen). Ideally, I would like to boot directly
into Windows.

Thx - dave

Run (Win+R keys work) and paste in or type this below.

control userpasswords2

Run netplwiz also works.

Actually "control userpasswords2" runs netplwiz. So use whatever you like.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...(v=vs.85).aspx
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/tipstr...mmand-line.htm

Some are mapped to keywords, like userpasswords2 refers to netplwiz.exe
and netconnections refers to ncpa.cpl. If they are control applets
(.cpl) then just specify the applet name (e.g., "control appwiz.cpl").
or just its filename (e.g., "appwiz.cpl").