Administrator auto log on

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Uncle Ben

A naive question .... When I first got my computer, I set myself up as the
administrator, then set up separate accounts for me, my wife and a guest
account for visitors. Every time I would booted up, I used to get a welcome
screen, with three/four little icons, where the user would select his or her
account, sign on, and carry on. Well, it turned out that I was the only one
using the computer so somewhere along the way, I must have made a change
somewhere; because now, when I boot up, I'm signed ON automatically, don't
even have to enter a password ...

How do I get back the way it was?
 
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Nepatsfan

Uncle Ben said:
A naive question .... When I first got my computer, I set myself up as the
administrator, then set up separate accounts for me, my wife and a guest
account for visitors. Every time I would booted up, I used to get a welcome
screen, with three/four little icons, where the user would select his or her
account, sign on, and carry on. Well, it turned out that I was the only one
using the computer so somewhere along the way, I must have made a change
somewhere; because now, when I boot up, I'm signed ON automatically, don't even
have to enter a password ...

How do I get back the way it was?
Click to expand...

Go to Start -> Run and enter the following command in the Open box.

control userpasswords2

This should launch the alternative User Accounts applet.
On the Users page, put a check mark in the box next to "Users must enter a user
name and password to use this computer".
Click OK.
Restart your computer to see if you get the desired results.

Good luck

Nepatsfan
 
U

Uncle Ben

Nepatsfan said:
Go to Start -> Run and enter the following command in the Open box.

control userpasswords2

This should launch the alternative User Accounts applet.
On the Users page, put a check mark in the box next to "Users must enter a
user name and password to use this computer".
Click OK.
Restart your computer to see if you get the desired results.

Good luck

Nepatsfan
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Yes, it worked, plus I had Classic Log On turned ON, so that didn't help.
Thanks a million!
 

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