Administrator Account automatically logs on?

I ran into a bit of a fix and was forced to reformat my
computer. I (think) installed everything correctly. Since
the time that I installed Windows (off my CD given to me
by AlienWare) the Administrator account has been signing
in without giving me the option to select my own. I gave
it a password, but then I couldn't get into my system
because it would try to log in without the password,
inform me that it was wrong, and then freeze. After
restoring to a much early point, I am able to get on to
ask for some help. So, I took the password off, and now
I'm asking you guys for help. Has anyone seen anything
like this? I thought the Administrator account only
showed up in safe mode and when you manually typed it
in... yet it logs in for me.

Try this:

Click Start,
Click Run,
In the Open: dialog box, type "control userpasswords2"
Click OK.
Tick the "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer"

Hope this helps.

Brian.

"Chris Dyte" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:f7df01c43e24$90b2fad0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> I ran into a bit of a fix and was forced to reformat my
> computer. I (think) installed everything correctly. Since
> the time that I installed Windows (off my CD given to me
> by AlienWare) the Administrator account has been signing
> in without giving me the option to select my own. I gave
> it a password, but then I couldn't get into my system
> because it would try to log in without the password,
> inform me that it was wrong, and then freeze. After
> restoring to a much early point, I am able to get on to
> ask for some help. So, I took the password off, and now
> I'm asking you guys for help. Has anyone seen anything
> like this? I thought the Administrator account only
> showed up in safe mode and when you manually typed it
> in... yet it logs in for me.