JimL wrote:
> XP Pro SP3, updated much
>
> A long time ago I set up my boot-up login to automatically skip the
> manual login. A couple days ago it went back to requiring manual
> login. Now I can't find where to set it to automatic again.
>
> Anybody know where this is?
Shenan Stanley wrote:
> Now is a great time to point you to one of the easiest ways to find
> information on problems you may be having and solutions others have
> found:
> Search using Google!
> http://www.google.com/
> (How-to: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/basics.html )
>
> Automatic Logons:
> ------
> Microsoft method:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315231
> (Essentially the same... but different place:
> http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/13/ )
>
>
> Microsoft Method 2:
> TweakUI from:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...powertoys.mspx
>
>
> control userpasswords2 method:
> 1) Go to the Start Menu and the Run box.
> 2) Type in the following:
>
> control userpasswords2
>
> now click OK
> 3) In the new Windows that appears select the account you wish to
> make the primary logon.
> Now uncheck the "Users must enter a username and password..." box.
> 4) Hit Apply and a dialog box will appear asking you to confirm the
> selected users password.
> Click OK when you are done...
> ------
>
> Hopefully that gets you where you are wanting to be.
>
> It is a *good* thing in the user arena to:
> 1) Have strong passwords.
> 2) Have more than one administrator level account (with strong
> passwords).
JimL wrote:
> Interesting that people always assume that no one who asks
> questions ever uses google before asking. I found the registry
> method, but none of the hits I got said anything about TweakUI. I
> must have used TweakUI earlier, but I don't remember if I did or
> not. It is terrible to ask people things you have forgotten.
Shenan Stanley wrote:
> Interesting that people seldom bother to add to their query any
> details on what they have tried in order to resolve their own issue
> and then wonder why people assume what they have/have not done. ;-)
>
> Essentially - if you don't want people to assume - don't leave the
> opening. I gave you the way to search as well as several different
> methods that are well documented and work given what you have
> (Windows XP SP3.)
> Also - it's not that I assume you have not Googled - it's that I
> assume you may have not done it as effectively as you could have. For
> example - in your situation I would have googled for:
>
> Automatic Logon "Windows XP"
> http://www.google.com/search?q=Automatic+Logon+"Windows+XP"
>
> Or a Google Groups search for the same:
> http://groups.google.com/groups/sear...2Windows+XP%22
>
> Either would lead you to:
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm
>
> Fairly quickly.
>
> Googling is a skill. The web page I send you to is a fine tutorial
> on *how* to properly use Google to search for things. ;-)
JimL wrote:
> You are free to assume that I've spent at least an hour and maybe
> several trying to find an answer before I ask people who already
> know and have probably known for years but don't want to tell.
>
> You are also free to assume that I'm very bad at guessing how to
> Google something I know nothing about. Some people seem to have
> the knack.
> And you may assume that "go to Google and figure it out for
> yourself" is actually beyond some people for reasons brilliant
> people with normal to excellent memories and normal to excelllent
> inate multitasking abilities seem never, ever to comprehend. (Some
> people just can't put together or remember page after page of
> written technicallities. But smart people aren't smart enough to
> figure that out.) And that rather than comprehend not being a
> genius they would rather chew on a questioner every time they ask a
> question that doesn't suit them.
> Frankly, I don't understand why so many people who know things and
> who populate information disemmination media would apparently
> rather be boiled in oil than make it easy for someone who is
> struggling. In essence they say, "If you aren't as smart as me
> you're lazy," one of the most arrogant (and prevalent) mindsets on
> the internet. If they don't like explaining things nobody is
> forcing them to come here and complain about explaining things.
>
> Since I lost so much of my abilities so suddenly I've learned a lot
> about the geniuses who were smarter than me to start with.
Quite the tirade on your part...
I gave the "How to google" instructions link and the answer. I am not sure
why you would have an issue with that.
"Here's how to fish; oh, and here's the fish you wanted."
Please - tell me how that is offensive. ;-)
My assumption is more along the lines of, "Someone may not know how to do
something or at least not how to do something well - but they may learn how
to do things better if pointed to some basic instructions and given examples
of what they can do once they learn."
P.S. - My short-term memory is horrid. This is *why* I learned to use
Google as well as possible. Always learning new tricks (like the hyphen
(minus sign, "-") to eliminate unwanted hits - somewhat, it isn't 100% sure.
Like if you want to look for the Jaguar but not the car or football team...
jaguar -car -football) and using them when appropriate.
"You'll never learn any younger than you are right now." and "When I can no
longer learn, I am dead." are two things someone told me long ago and I find
to be sage advice that keeps me sane.
--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
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