Booting XP as "ME not "Administrator"

[David Barratt]

Hi all,

I just re-installed XP SP2 after formatting my HDD. Trouble is that each
time I boot up it defaults to user "Administrator", not "Dave", (me). I have
to then log out of the "Administrator " account & logon as myself. I have
full administrator privilages, if that helps.

I've installed XP many times before, but can't remember how I got around
this. (Or if it ever happened).

Can anyone give me an idea what I need to do to be able to turn on my PC &
automatically go directly to my account?

Thanks,

Dave.

 

[WTC]

Can anyone give me an idea what I need to do to be able to turn on my PC &
automatically go directly to my account?

Use the 'Control userpassword2" method as described in this KB article near
the bottom.

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

You will want to place checkmark for "Users must enter a user name and
password to use this computer" then click Apply first. Then follow the KB
article to configure for Automatic logon.

 

[Geeky Dave]

Thanks for that. It worked perfectly. Greatly appreciated.

Dave.

 

[WTC]

You're welcome Dave.

--
William Crawford
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

Thanks for that. It worked perfectly. Greatly appreciated.

Dave.