Please, how can I change the default user in W2K so that the profile I want
will always present itself after bootup?

TIA, pjl

More details required. Are you talking about autologon?

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"Paul Lady" wrote:
| Please, how can I change the default user in W2K so that the profile I
want
| will always present itself after bootup?
|
| TIA, pjl
|
|

I don't think I'm talking about autologon. My laptop was setup by the
vendor with a "user" profile that I don't use. My profile has to be
accessed by logging off the user profile and logging on my profile whenever
I start W2K. It's one of those "PIA" things that I'd like to change.

It seems to me that the registry must select the profile that boots as a
default someplace, and that can be changed to select my profile.

Thx, pjl

"Dave Patrick" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> More details required. Are you talking about autologon?
>
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> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
> "Paul Lady" wrote:
> | Please, how can I change the default user in W2K so that the profile I
> want
> | will always present itself after bootup?
> |
> | TIA, pjl
> |
> |
>
>

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

DefaultUserName

change Value data to your user name.

John

Paul Lady wrote:

> I don't think I'm talking about autologon. My laptop was setup by the
> vendor with a "user" profile that I don't use. My profile has to be
> accessed by logging off the user profile and logging on my profile whenever
> I start W2K. It's one of those "PIA" things that I'd like to change.
>
> It seems to me that the registry must select the profile that boots as a
> default someplace, and that can be changed to select my profile.
>
> Thx, pjl
>
> "Dave Patrick" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>>More details required. Are you talking about autologon?
>>
>>--
>>Regards,
>>
>>Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
>>Microsoft Certified Professional
>>Microsoft MVP [Windows]
>>http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>>
>>"Paul Lady" wrote:
>>| Please, how can I change the default user in W2K so that the profile I
>>want
>>| will always present itself after bootup?
>>|
>>| TIA, pjl
>>|
>>|
>>
>>
>
>
>

Yes this does sound like autologon. You can run regedit.exe and navigate to;
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
edit the Reg_Sz string values
"DefaultUserName"
and
"DefaultPassword"
to reflect the correct username and password. (note: the password for an
autologon account can not be blank)

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

"Paul Lady" wrote:
|I don't think I'm talking about autologon. My laptop was setup by the
| vendor with a "user" profile that I don't use. My profile has to be
| accessed by logging off the user profile and logging on my profile
whenever
| I start W2K. It's one of those "PIA" things that I'd like to change.
|
| It seems to me that the registry must select the profile that boots as a
| default someplace, and that can be changed to select my profile.
|
| Thx, pjl

YES!

Thank you all very much.

pjl

"Dave Patrick" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Yes this does sound like autologon. You can run regedit.exe and navigate
to;
> HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
> edit the Reg_Sz string values
> "DefaultUserName"
> and
> "DefaultPassword"
> to reflect the correct username and password. (note: the password for an
> autologon account can not be blank)
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
> "Paul Lady" wrote:
> |I don't think I'm talking about autologon. My laptop was setup by the
> | vendor with a "user" profile that I don't use. My profile has to be
> | accessed by logging off the user profile and logging on my profile
> whenever
> | I start W2K. It's one of those "PIA" things that I'd like to change.
> |
> | It seems to me that the registry must select the profile that boots as a
> | default someplace, and that can be changed to select my profile.
> |
> | Thx, pjl
>
>

You're welcome.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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"Paul Lady" wrote:
| YES!
|
| Thank you all very much.
|
| pjl