LOGGING ON @ BOOT UP

[PETERFST]

Now, as opposed to before, when my XP boots up, it makes me click my little
square "name plate" before it continues to finish it's startup procedure. I
hate this. I just want to start my computer and return in a few minutes to
see my desktop and be ready to work. I'm the only one that uses this machine,
so it doesn't need to load settings and preferences for anyone else. Is my
solution in control panel>user accounts?
Peterfst in SLC.

 

[Sammy Castagna]

Tewak has an auto logon feture. That is the way the Rich Barry helped me fix
mine.
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/tweakui.htm

Sammy Castagna

 

[Lars-Erik Østerud]

so it doesn't need to load settings and preferences for anyone else. Is my

solution in control panel>user accounts?

Tweak UI used to have a tab for "auto login".
If not I know "X-Setup Pro" has one.

 

[Terry R.]

The date and time was Tuesday, December 23, 2008 5:31:00 PM, and on a
whim, PETERFST pounded out on the keyboard:

Now, as opposed to before, when my XP boots up, it makes me click my little
square "name plate" before it continues to finish it's startup procedure. I
hate this. I just want to start my computer and return in a few minutes to
see my desktop and be ready to work. I'm the only one that uses this machine,
so it doesn't need to load settings and preferences for anyone else. Is my
solution in control panel>user accounts?
Peterfst in SLC.

Hi Peterfst,

Click Start, Run, type
control userpasswords2

In the Users tab, click on your user account and uncheck "Users must
enter a user name..."

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[Shenan Stanley]

Now, as opposed to before, when my XP boots up, it makes me click
my little square "name plate" before it continues to finish it's
startup procedure. I hate this. I just want to start my computer
and return in a few minutes to see my desktop and be ready to work.
I'm the only one that uses this machine, so it doesn't need to load
settings and preferences for anyone else. Is my solution in control
panel>user accounts?

Another "I'm the only one that uses this machine"... ;-) Windows XP is -
and most future OSes will remain - multi-user OSes even if they only have
one actual physical user.

I believe what you are seeing now is actually how most people
should be utilizing their computers that hold personal and critical data,
passwords and access to critical and personal data in most cases. They
should have a password and should enter it at every logon - IMHO.

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 )

Given the above (friendly advice and a how-to) - this is likely what you
would find doing research on your own...

What you are looking for is a way to bypass the security (although by not
assigning a password, you have pretty effectively done that anyway. *grin*)

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/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.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).

 

[Ronaldo]

How to turn on automatic logon in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315231

 

[PETERFST]

I've read the info about run "control userpasswords2" , but I also read that
changing the user boot up process will make my computer more vulnerable to
malware. Is that true? The guy who wrote that is:

 

[G. Morgan]

Now, as opposed to before, when my XP boots up, it makes me click my little
square "name plate" before it continues to finish it's startup procedure. I
hate this. I just want to start my computer and return in a few minutes to
see my desktop and be ready to work. I'm the only one that uses this machine,
so it doesn't need to load settings and preferences for anyone else. Is my
solution in control panel>user accounts?

Bypassing the WinNT logon prompt.

If you want to autolog a user, both TweakUI and the Resource Kit utility
AUTOLOG.EXE will do it for you. To configure this using the registry, edit:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version\Winlogin

Set the DefaultDomainName, DefaultPassword (must be non-blank), and
DefaultUserName. Set AutoAdminLogon to 1 (all are type REG_SZ). If you ever
want to logon as a different user, hold down the shift key as you logoff.

http://www.aclass.com/nttips1.html

 

[PETERFST]

OK, OK, I was just being lazy. I'm convinced; I'll leave the logon process
the way it is. I appreciate the responses from all of you. Happy hollidays.
Peterfst in SLC.

 

[philo]

I've read the info about run "control userpasswords2" , but I also read that
changing the user boot up process will make my computer more vulnerable to
malware. Is that true? The guy who wrote that is:

No, you'd only get malware when you go on line
and visit the wrong sites...
if you are the only user and are not in a location where others could access
your machine...
there is no harm in having it log-on automatically.

It's nice to just turn your machine on
and come back later and have it all ready to go...

but that's for a home computer of course...not in an office where other
could use it

 

[Terry R.]

The date and time was Tuesday, December 23, 2008 6:11:01 PM, and on a
whim, PETERFST pounded out on the keyboard:

OK, OK, I was just being lazy. I'm convinced; I'll leave the logon process
the way it is. I appreciate the responses from all of you. Happy hollidays.
Peterfst in SLC.

Hi Peterfst,

It IS your computer. If you want it to boot that way, do it. XP itself
usually boots into the user account when only one user exists. Only
when a second account of some type is created or the user changes the
logon methoed, does the menu present itself.

I don't see malware being an issue at that stage. It's probably already
made its way into your machine if it's being activated on login. And at
that point, what difference does it make whether Windows auto-logs in or
you enter your password.

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