How do I disable screen to select user on bootup???

Hi Paul,
Right click on the desktop and select properties. On the display properties
page go to the screensaver tab and uncheck "On resume password protect".

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All the best,
Anando


"§kullywag©-" wrote in message
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On Fri, 11 Apr 2003 14:24:15 GMT, Paul Leduc
wrote:

It may be a coincidence, but ever since I installed the last windows
update, I am continually prompted to select the user both after power on
and after screen saver resume.

I was never prompeted this before. I am the only user on this machine,
and in the past, I never saw this screen prompt. Now I need to always
manually intervene in order to continue the boot up process.

Is there any way I can disable this 'feature'??

Paul

Go to Control Panel \ Display . Go to screensaver tab, and uncheck
"On resume, display Welcome screen".


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Start, Run and enter CONTROL USERPASSWORDS2 Uncheck the box for Users
must enter a username and password....... Click Apply and provide the
requested information.

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"Paul Leduc" wrote in message
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Anando.. thanks for the reply.
Your suggestion only works for the resure from the screensaver sleep. It
does not work for boot up. I get this annoying prompt screen on bootup
to select the user.. I am the only user of the system, and never had
this before. Don't know what caused it, nor how to remove it permanently

Paul



Anando wrote:

Hi Paul,
Right click on the desktop and select properties. On the display
properties
page go to the screensaver tab and uncheck "On resume password protect".

--

All the best,
Anando


"§kullywag©-" wrote in message
...

On Fri, 11 Apr 2003 14:24:15 GMT, Paul Leduc
wrote:


It may be a coincidence, but ever since I installed the last windows
update, I am continually prompted to select the user both after power
on
and after screen saver resume.

I was never prompeted this before. I am the only user on this machine,
and in the past, I never saw this screen prompt. Now I need to always
manually intervene in order to continue the boot up process.

Is there any way I can disable this 'feature'??

Paul

Go to Control Panel \ Display . Go to screensaver tab, and uncheck
"On resume, display Welcome screen".


§kullywag©-



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I think Doug is right.. you need to tell it which user you want it to boot
up with automatically.. It sounds like you are booting up with another user.
In my case, there was a bit of panic too.. in that after the first bootup
after making the changes, my system hung! I too paniced, pressed the cpu
reset and rebooted, only to have the original problem back. I went thru all
the motions again, and it worked the next time. In my case, I simply left
the password blank, and it is now booting up without asking for either the
logon user or a password.. ie, I can boot up, get my coffee, and when I come
back I am ready to go! :=)

Paul

"Doug Knox MS-MVP" wrote in message
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Did you enter the username that you wanted to use, as well as the
password?

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"Investor0329" wrote in message
om...
Hello...
I have the same problem..having just installed that new Windows XP
.net update.

I tried the suggestion that you said works..and it both worked and
didn't work for me. I did.. start...run...and enter CONTROL
USERPASSWORDS2..uncheck the box for users must enter a username and
password...click apply..and provid the requested information
(password)..

After doing the above..I rebooted the machine..and was shocked when my
computer started as if it had lost all my desktop settings and icons
from software I installed since getting my new computer. In fact..the
Dell intro window opened and started playing music..just like when i
1st used the computer. True it didn't give me the nasty sign in
windo..but all my setting were lost as well..including the microsoft
shortcut bar i painstakingly created...(finding out how was a pain).

Well..in a panick mode..i reentered the CONTROL USERPASSWORDS2 command
again..checked the box..and undid what I did.

Now I get that pain sign in window that .net put there..but at least I
got my old settings back.

question...

How do i get rid of the sign in window and not lose my desktop
setting???




"Jack Sprat" wrote in message
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THANK YOU!!! That fixed it!

I am sure that last windows update (a 23 MB .Net Framework update) did
this
to my system! Arghhh.. I hate that!

Paul


"Doug Knox MS-MVP" wrote in message
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Start, Run and enter CONTROL USERPASSWORDS2 Uncheck the box for
Users
must enter a username and password....... Click Apply and provide
the
requested information.

--
Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
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"Paul Leduc" wrote in message
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Anando.. thanks for the reply.
Your suggestion only works for the resure from the screensaver
sleep. It
does not work for boot up. I get this annoying prompt screen on
bootup
to select the user.. I am the only user of the system, and never
had
this before. Don't know what caused it, nor how to remove it
permanently

Paul



Anando wrote:

Hi Paul,
Right click on the desktop and select properties. On the display
properties
page go to the screensaver tab and uncheck "On resume password
protect".

--

All the best,
Anando


"§kullywag©-" wrote in message
...

On Fri, 11 Apr 2003 14:24:15 GMT, Paul Leduc
wrote:


It may be a coincidence, but ever since I installed the last
windows
update, I am continually prompted to select the user both after
power
on
and after screen saver resume.

I was never prompeted this before. I am the only user on this
machine,
and in the past, I never saw this screen prompt. Now I need to
always
manually intervene in order to continue the boot up process.

Is there any way I can disable this 'feature'??

Paul

Go to Control Panel \ Display . Go to screensaver tab, and
uncheck
"On resume, display Welcome screen".


§kullywag©-



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Glad to help you :-)

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All the best,
Anando
"Jack Sprat" wrote in message
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Thanks for the reply!!

Paul

"Anando" wrote in message
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Hi Paul,
To automatically login without typing a password, type control
userpasswords2 at startrun. In the Windows 2000 style user accounts
page
that comes up next, uncheck the box "Users must enter a username and
password to use this computer". In the "Automatically logon" page that
comes
up when you hit apply, type in the username and password under which you
want the computer to login automatically and OK your way out.

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All the best,
Anando


"Paul Leduc" wrote in message
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Skully.. thanks for the reply..

Well, I unchecked it (god knows how it got checked in the first place,
cause I certainly never did it!) and time will tell if it works for
the
screen saver resume.. HOWEVER, it does NOT work on boot up.. I still
get
the user selection screen prompt on boot up, which I never did before.

any more ideas??

Paul



§kullywag©- wrote:

On Fri, 11 Apr 2003 14:24:15 GMT, Paul Leduc
wrote:


It may be a coincidence, but ever since I installed the last windows
update, I am continually prompted to select the user both after
power
on
and after screen saver resume.

I was never prompeted this before. I am the only user on this
machine,
and in the past, I never saw this screen prompt. Now I need to
always
manually intervene in order to continue the boot up process.

Is there any way I can disable this 'feature'??

Paul


Go to Control Panel \ Display . Go to screensaver tab, and uncheck
"On resume, display Welcome screen".


§kullywag©-




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