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Windows Welcome Screen: Locked & Logged On. How to Skip
I'm the only user of my laptop. No kids at home and hubby is computer
challenged When I turn on my Win 7 laptop and before I can get into Windows, there is a blue screen, icon in the middle and my name below it. Sometimes below my name it will say "locked" and "switch user" is below that. All I have to do is click on the icon and I'm in Windows. Sometimes instead of "locked", it says Monica "logged on". Again, I just click on the icon to enter Windows. I didn't create any password (and I'm not asked for one) and there are no other accounts on this computer. Can I bypass this screen so the computer can just go straight into Windows without any input from me? The answer has GOT to be staring me in the face but I'm not finding it. Thanks, Monica |
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Windows Welcome Screen: Locked & Logged On. How to Skip
On Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:04:00 -0600, "Monica" wrote:
I'm the only user of my laptop. No kids at home and hubby is computer challenged When I turn on my Win 7 laptop and before I can get into Windows, there is a blue screen, icon in the middle and my name below it. Sometimes below my name it will say "locked" and "switch user" is below that. All I have to do is click on the icon and I'm in Windows. Sometimes instead of "locked", it says Monica "logged on". Again, I just click on the icon to enter Windows. I didn't create any password (and I'm not asked for one) and there are no other accounts on this computer. Can I bypass this screen so the computer can just go straight into Windows without any input from me? The answer has GOT to be staring me in the face but I'm not finding it. Thanks, Monica You didn't turn OFF your laptop. You probably just closed the lid and that put it into the sleep mode. Pressing the ON button wakes the computer up and resumes where you left off. Change the Power settings in the Control Panel to turn off the laptop when you close the lid. Unk |
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Windows Welcome Screen: Locked & Logged On. How to Skip
Monica wrote:
I'm the only user of my laptop. No kids at home and hubby is computer challenged When I turn on my Win 7 laptop and before I can get into Windows, there is a blue screen, icon in the middle and my name below it. Sometimes below my name it will say "locked" and "switch user" is below that. All I have to do is click on the icon and I'm in Windows. Sometimes instead of "locked", it says Monica "logged on". Again, I just click on the icon to enter Windows. I didn't create any password (and I'm not asked for one) and there are no other accounts on this computer. Can I bypass this screen so the computer can just go straight into Windows without any input from me? The answer has GOT to be staring me in the face but I'm not finding it. Thanks, Monica The sevenforums site is filled with recipes. I don't know if this'll do exactly what you want, but it's close. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...y-startup.html Paul |
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Windows Welcome Screen: Locked & Logged On. How to Skip
On Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:04:00 -0600, Monica wrote:
and there are no other accounts on this computer. Do NOT use Windows 7 with only ONE user account. In Windows 7, the built-in Administrator account is disabled by default and although it is possible to enable it, that process may be beyond what you feel comfortable with. WHEN, and not IF,you have problems accessing your ONE user account, you will have tremendous difficulty if you only have ONE use account. You need to forget anything to do with XP, and create a User Account with Administrator privileges, (call it Admin or similar) and give it a password. Keep this account for emergency access and for elevation purposes only. Then change your User account to a Standard User account.(There is absolutely no need to run as an administrator on a daily basis in Windows 7 - Windows 7 has the "right-click-run as administrator" function for when you need admin privileges). You will be much safer and better protected doing this. -- Microsoft Community Contributor (MCC) 2011/12 https://www.microsoftcommunitycontri.../overview.aspx |
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Windows Welcome Screen: Locked & Logged On. How to Skip
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writes: On Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:04:00 -0600, Monica wrote: and there are no other accounts on this computer. Do NOT use Windows 7 with only ONE user account. In Windows 7, the built-in [] only. Then change your User account to a Standard User account.(There is absolutely no need to run as an administrator on a daily basis in Windows 7 - Windows 7 has the "right-click-run as administrator" function for when you need admin privileges). You will be much safer and better protected doing this. If she does as you suggest, is there any way she can do what she wishes (bypass the login screen) for normal use, though? -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Imagine a world with no hypothetical situations... |
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Windows Welcome Screen: Locked & Logged On. How to Skip
In message , Paul
writes: [] The sevenforums site is filled with recipes. I don't know if this'll do exactly what you want, but it's close. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...y-startup.html Paul Looks good! Do you know if it bypasses that screen on resume from sleep etc., as well as at initial logon? (I don't have a 7 PC to try it on here.) -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Imagine a world with no hypothetical situations... |
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Windows Welcome Screen: Locked & Logged On. How to Skip
On Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:04:00 -0600, Monica wrote:
Can I bypass this screen so the computer can just go straight into Windows without any input from me? The answer has You can certainly do so but it's not recommended if anyone COULD have casual physical access to your computer and you have sensitive data that you might not want them to see. Click Start, type control userpasswords2 in the Run box & click OK. - From the User Accounts window, uncheck the "users must enter a user name & password to use this computer" box & click OK. - Enter & confirm the password for the applicable user account & click OK. -- Microsoft Community Contributor (MCC) 2011/12 https://www.microsoftcommunitycontri.../overview.aspx |
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Windows Welcome Screen: Locked & Logged On. How to Skip
On Wed, 8 Feb 2012 08:10:36 +0000, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , Gordon writes: On Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:04:00 -0600, Monica wrote: and there are no other accounts on this computer. Do NOT use Windows 7 with only ONE user account. In Windows 7, the built-in [] only. Then change your User account to a Standard User account.(There is absolutely no need to run as an administrator on a daily basis in Windows 7 - Windows 7 has the "right-click-run as administrator" function for when you need admin privileges). You will be much safer and better protected doing this. If she does as you suggest, is there any way she can do what she wishes (bypass the login screen) for normal use, though? There certainly is, although it's not really recommended, especially if other people could have casual physical access to the computer and from whom the OP might want to keep sensitive data. See my other response to the OP -- Microsoft Community Contributor (MCC) 2011/12 https://www.microsoftcommunitycontri.../overview.aspx |
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Windows Welcome Screen: Locked & Logged On. How to Skip
On Wed, 8 Feb 2012 08:46:32 +0000, Gordon wrote:
Can I bypass this screen so the computer can just go straight into Windows without any input from me? The answer has ... You can certainly do so but it's not recommended if anyone COULD have casual physical access to your computer and you have sensitive data that you might not want them to see. What about encrypting the data? |
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Windows Welcome Screen: Locked & Logged On. How to Skip
On Wed, 8 Feb 2012 08:41:19 +0000, Gordon wrote:
And I am nothing to do with MS per se - I am just an ordinary person whose contributions to the MS forums in terms of answering questions has been recognised . I suggest you engage brain before hitting keyboard. -- Microsoft Community Contributor (MCC) 2011/12 Maybe your sig file implies a certain amount of brainwashing has taken place? |
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Windows Welcome Screen: Locked & Logged On. How to Skip
On Wed, 8 Feb 2012 12:34:39 +0000, mechanic wrote:
On Wed, 8 Feb 2012 08:41:19 +0000, Gordon wrote: And I am nothing to do with MS per se - I am just an ordinary person whose contributions to the MS forums in terms of answering questions has been recognised . I suggest you engage brain before hitting keyboard. -- Microsoft Community Contributor (MCC) 2011/12 Maybe your sig file implies a certain amount of brainwashing has taken place? Not at all. This IS a Windows forum. I also am a registered Linux user and registered Ubuntu user... -- Microsoft Community Contributor (MCC) 2011/12 https://www.microsoftcommunitycontri.../overview.aspx |
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Windows Welcome Screen: Locked & Logged On. How to Skip
On Wed, 8 Feb 2012 12:29:31 +0000, mechanic wrote:
On Wed, 8 Feb 2012 08:46:32 +0000, Gordon wrote: Can I bypass this screen so the computer can just go straight into Windows without any input from me? The answer has ... You can certainly do so but it's not recommended if anyone COULD have casual physical access to your computer and you have sensitive data that you might not want them to see. What about encrypting the data? And get into the scenario of not backing up keys etc etc? -- Microsoft Community Contributor (MCC) 2011/12 https://www.microsoftcommunitycontri.../overview.aspx |
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Windows Welcome Screen: Locked & Logged On. How to Skip
Unk, I rarely turn the laptop "off". I'll either just shut the lid or put
it in hibernate so I can resume where I left off (mostly in case I have FF windows open. "Unk" wrote in message ... On Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:04:00 -0600, "Monica" wrote: I'm the only user of my laptop. No kids at home and hubby is computer challenged When I turn on my Win 7 laptop and before I can get into Windows, there is a blue screen, icon in the middle and my name below it. Sometimes below my name it will say "locked" and "switch user" is below that. All I have to do is click on the icon and I'm in Windows. Sometimes instead of "locked", it says Monica "logged on". Again, I just click on the icon to enter Windows. I didn't create any password (and I'm not asked for one) and there are no other accounts on this computer. Can I bypass this screen so the computer can just go straight into Windows without any input from me? The answer has GOT to be staring me in the face but I'm not finding it. Thanks, Monica You didn't turn OFF your laptop. You probably just closed the lid and that put it into the sleep mode. Pressing the ON button wakes the computer up and resumes where you left off. Change the Power settings in the Control Panel to turn off the laptop when you close the lid. Unk |
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