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[grok]

After years WinXP has stopped logging me on automatically after boot. How do
I get auto logon back?

 

[BillW50]

In grok typed on Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:51:04 -0700:

After years WinXP has stopped logging me on automatically after boot.
How do I get auto logon back?

Run "control userpasswords2"

Or download Microsoft's TweakUI.

 

[Guest]

Bill,

If you search Google or this newsgroup you will see autologon asked about
once a week or so

http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/Autologon.zip

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

After years WinXP has stopped logging me on automatically after boot. How do
I get auto logon back?

Start | Run, type "control userpasswords2" Select the account you want
to logon to automatically. Then uncheck the box "Users must enter a
user name and password to use this computer."

Or do the same thing with TweakUI.

 

[ULguy]

I believe you can do this via "Tweak UI" . Simply google it and download this
powertoy. I've use this to do exactlt what you seek. It also has other useful
Tweaks.

 

[Roy Smith]

Can this be done through the control panel? I can't get "control
userpasswords2" to run.

If you can't get the cotrol userpasswrods2 to run in the command window,
then use TweakUI available here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Can this be done through the control panel? I can't get "control
userpasswords2" to run.

Then it's highly likely that you spelled something wrong. Be sure to
remove the quotation marks, for example.

Or download and use TweakUI.

 

[PaulM]

He can also download this script, RunAutoLogon here:

http://www.paulsxp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=229