autologon

[Guest]

I just purchased a Toshiba Protege with win XP pro service pak 2 installed.
It works fine but was configured to bypass the login window. I changed the
administrator password, but it still doesn't require me to logon (which I
want to do for security purposes).

How can I reconfigure it to go through the windows login step, e.g., turn
autologon OFF? (Hopefully, without having to do things to the registry!) I
can't find anything on the internet addressing this issue except for one
description (complicated) of how to turn autologon ON.

Greg Nash

 

[Nepatsfan]

(e-mail address removed),

I just purchased a Toshiba Protege with win XP pro service
pak 2 installed. It works fine but was configured to bypass
the login window. I changed the administrator password, but
it still doesn't require me to logon (which I want to do for
security purposes).

How can I reconfigure it to go through the windows login
step, e.g., turn autologon OFF? (Hopefully, without having
to do things to the registry!) I can't find anything on the
internet addressing this issue except for one description
(complicated) of how to turn autologon ON.

Greg Nash

Go to Start -> Run and enter control userpasswords2 in the Open
box.
Click OK.
In User Accounts, put a check mark in the box next to "Users
must enter a user name and password to use this computer".
Click OK.
Reboot to see if you get the desired result.

Good luck

Nepatsfan

 

[Guest]

That was useful information to know. However, I was incorrect about my
problem-I actually had a blank p/w for an administrator account I set up (and
subsequently forgot about!) when I purchased the laptop. The lesson for me
is to keep better record of my configuration.