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Windows XP Logon
Can someone help me to eliminate (bypass) the Windows XP logon screen. I am
the only one to use my computer and not in public. It is an inconvenience to login. I have not set up a password. |
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"Gemini" wrote in message
... Can someone help me to eliminate (bypass) the Windows XP logon screen. I am the only one to use my computer and not in public. It is an inconvenience to login. I have not set up a password. Here are two options. 1. Go to Start - Run. Copy and paste the following into the Open box: control userpasswords2 Click OK. In the "Users for this computer" box, click on the account you want to have logged on automatically. Uncheck "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer". Click OK. In the box that pops up, make sure the account you clicked on earlier is entered next to User Name. Enter your password twice. Note: You can leave the password box blank if the account does not have a password. Click OK. Reboot to see if you get the desired results. 2. Download and install TweakUI from Microsoft. TweakUI is available here. Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...powertoys.mspx Direct Download of TweakUI http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...ertoySetup.exe Once the program is installed, go to Start - All Programs - Powertoys for Windows XP - TweakUI. Click the + sign next to Logon in the left hand column. Click on Autologon. In the right hand pane, put a check mark in the box next to "Logon automatically at system startup". Enter the name of your user account in the User Name box. Hit the Set Password button and enter your password twice. Note: You should skip this step if your account has a blank password. Click OK to close TweakUI. Restart your computer to see if you get the desired results. For more info take a look here, Courtesy of Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP Configure Windows XP to Automatically Login http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm Good luck Nepatsfan |
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"Gemini" wrote: Can someone help me to eliminate (bypass) the Windows XP logon screen. I am the only one to use my computer and not in public. It is an inconvenience to login. I have not set up a password. Click Start Control Panel Doubel click User Accounts. On the user accounts select the user you want to apply this to and uncheck this check box: [ ] Use welcome screen Click [ Apply Options ] Button and you are out of the user accounts UI. Reboot your machine, does it represent you with the Welcome Screen? Or: Autologon for Windows v2.10- Bypass password screen during logon. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb963905.aspx HTH, nass --- http://www.nasstec.co.uk |
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I'll show you how to do what you want, but consider this: If you don't
need a password to access your account, neither does an intruder and neither does malware. http://www.theeldergeek.com/unattended_logon.htm --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est "A Day in the Life of a Web 2.0 Hacker" - PC Magazine http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2330952,00.asp Gemini wrote: Can someone help me to eliminate (bypass) the Windows XP logon screen. I am the only one to use my computer and not in public. It is an inconvenience to login. I have not set up a password. |
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"Nepatsfan" wrote: "Gemini" wrote in message ... Can someone help me to eliminate (bypass) the Windows XP logon screen. I am the only one to use my computer and not in public. It is an inconvenience to login. I have not set up a password. Here are two options. 1. Go to Start - Run. Copy and paste the following into the Open box: control userpasswords2 Click OK. In the "Users for this computer" box, click on the account you want to have logged on automatically. Uncheck "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer". Click OK. In the box that pops up, make sure the account you clicked on earlier is entered next to User Name. Enter your password twice. Note: You can leave the password box blank if the account does not have a password. Click OK. Reboot to see if you get the desired results. 2. Download and install TweakUI from Microsoft. TweakUI is available here. Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...powertoys.mspx Direct Download of TweakUI http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...ertoySetup.exe Once the program is installed, go to Start - All Programs - Powertoys for Windows XP - TweakUI. Click the + sign next to Logon in the left hand column. Click on Autologon. In the right hand pane, put a check mark in the box next to "Logon automatically at system startup". Enter the name of your user account in the User Name box. Hit the Set Password button and enter your password twice. Note: You should skip this step if your account has a blank password. Click OK to close TweakUI. Restart your computer to see if you get the desired results. For more info take a look here, Courtesy of Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP Configure Windows XP to Automatically Login http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm Good luck Nepatsfan I tried the userpasswords2 step and it totally screwed up my system. It created an entirely new administrator account and on this account I cannot even access ms office. How can I eliminate this new account and at least get back to where I was. I can switch accounts to get back to my original desktop but what a mess. |
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"Gemini" wrote in message
... "Nepatsfan" wrote: "Gemini" wrote in message ... Can someone help me to eliminate (bypass) the Windows XP logon screen. I am the only one to use my computer and not in public. It is an inconvenience to login. I have not set up a password. Here are two options. 1. Go to Start - Run. Copy and paste the following into the Open box: control userpasswords2 Click OK. In the "Users for this computer" box, click on the account you want to have logged on automatically. Uncheck "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer". Click OK. In the box that pops up, make sure the account you clicked on earlier is entered next to User Name. Enter your password twice. Note: You can leave the password box blank if the account does not have a password. Click OK. Reboot to see if you get the desired results. 2. Download and install TweakUI from Microsoft. TweakUI is available here. Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...powertoys.mspx Direct Download of TweakUI http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...ertoySetup.exe Once the program is installed, go to Start - All Programs - Powertoys for Windows XP - TweakUI. Click the + sign next to Logon in the left hand column. Click on Autologon. In the right hand pane, put a check mark in the box next to "Logon automatically at system startup". Enter the name of your user account in the User Name box. Hit the Set Password button and enter your password twice. Note: You should skip this step if your account has a blank password. Click OK to close TweakUI. Restart your computer to see if you get the desired results. For more info take a look here, Courtesy of Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP Configure Windows XP to Automatically Login http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm Good luck Nepatsfan I tried the userpasswords2 step and it totally screwed up my system. It created an entirely new administrator account and on this account I cannot even access ms office. How can I eliminate this new account and at least get back to where I was. I can switch accounts to get back to my original desktop but what a mess. Sounds like you didn't click on your user account in the Users for this computer box and then left Administrator entered in the User name box in the next dialog. To correct this, do the following. Run control userpasswords2 again. Put the check mark back in the box next to "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer". Next, go back and uncheck the box. Hit the Apply button. You should now see the Automatically Log On dialog. In the User name box, replace Administrator with the name of your user account. Click OK twice. Restart your computer. Good luck Nepatsfan |
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"Leonard Grey" wrote:
I'll show you how to do what you want, but consider this: If you don't need a password to access your account, neither does an intruder and neither does malware. If malware succeeds in getting launched under an account that is already logged-on, then it has the priveleges of that account. It does not need the password. |
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