by-passing log-on prompt & welcome screen

[Guest]

I need instructions on how to open windows without a log-on prompt. I have
turned off the welcome screen, but still need to by-pass this prompt. I am a
single user with no need of a password and I do not have one.

Thanks

 

[Guest]

Hi Rocko,

Have a look at Mark Salloway's "Skip the Welcome Screen and Logon
Automatically "
http://mvps.org/marksxp/WindowsXP/welskip.php



Regards,

 

[Rock]

I need instructions on how to open windows without a log-on prompt. I have
turned off the welcome screen, but still need to by-pass this prompt. I
am a
single user with no need of a password and I do not have one.

1. Go to Start | Run and type in: control userpasswords2 | Ok.

2. On the Users tab, clear the Users Must Enter A User Name And Password To
Use This Computer check box and then click OK.

3. In the Automatically Log On dialog box that appears, type the user name
and password for the account you want to be logged on each time you start
your computer.

You can accomplish the same thing by:

Download and install tweakui for xp and use its auto logon feature.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

Lastly you can add the Dialog box that comes up when running control
userpasswords 2 to the Control Panel with the following tweak:

Add Control User Passwords2 to the Control Panel (Line 1)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

 

[Newbie Coder]

TweakUI is a hopeless application. You don't need to use that at all because
all it does it manipulate the registry, but when come to remove it, it
doesn't want to go.

 

[Rock]

TweakUI is a hopeless application. You don't need to use that at all
because
all it does it manipulate the registry, but when come to remove it, it
doesn't want to go.

Where do you get this stuff? Oh yes, now I see who the poster is. TweakUI
has many benefits. It puts in one place a means to change a variety of
settings some of which are only reachable through registry edits, which
makes it easier for many. And it is easy to uninstall. If you have trouble
removing TweakUI, you've got problems.

 

[Guest]

Thank you. I have changed the setting and will see what happens when I
reboot tomorrow & check back with the results.

 

[Rock]

You're welcome.

Thank you. I have changed the setting and will see what happens when I
reboot tomorrow & check back with the results.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

TweakUI is a hopeless application. You don't need to use that at all
because all it does it manipulate the registry, but when come to
remove it, it doesn't want to go.

I couldn't disagree more with that point of view.

Yes, TweakUI doesn't do anything that you couldn't do without it--usually by
using regedit. So you never literally *need* to use it.

And TweakUI can't do everything. But for the things TweakUI can do, it
almost always does it much more easily and more safely than doing it
manually. Because it's such a powerful tool, regedit is a very dangerous
program to use. A mistake there can easily screw up your entire system and
stop it from booting.

And nobody, not even the most experienced expert is immune to making
mistakes. In my view, it's simple foolhardy to do a direct registry edit
with regedit if you can do the same thing more safely with TweakUI. Use
regedit when there's no other choice and you need to, but use TweakUI
instead whenever you can.

 

[Guest]

I did this and logged off for the night. Next morning I got a different box
requesting a user name and password that I could not come up with. No
combination of passwords and user names that I've ever used would work. I
contacted my local tech by way of another computer. Not sure if he fixed it
with logmeon but I was finally able to get in. Now I'm afraid to turn it
off. lol. Nothing like buying a computer, buying MSWXL, paying for high
speed internet and then having MS Windows lock you out of your own computer!

 

[Tracy]

I'm pasting this from my web site:
To bypass the Welcome Screen and just have XP boot to your desktop, you can
only have ONE user account and have the Guest Account turned off.
Go to Control Panel, User Accounts. Click on Guest Account (if it's on),
then click on the button to Turn Off
If you have any other accounts that you did NOT create (like ASP.NET, then
you can delete that account as well. It may have been put there from a
previous Windows Update.
If you want to keep the other accounts and still have YOUR account
automatically log on, get Tweak from the MS PowerToys (freeware from
Microsoft)
Get it from Microsoft at:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
And get TweakUI
When it's installed, open it and double-click on the Logon item to open it
and then click on Autologon. Check the box titled Log on automatically at
system startup, enter your user name and password, and click on OK.
Now TweakUI will log you on using your user name and password even if more
than one account exists.

Tracy

 

[Guest]

That was some very useful information, Tracy. My local tech straightened me
out, but I DID have the .NET down as a user and that's why my new settings
didn't work. If Windows updates are doing that, I guess I better check off
and on to see that it doesn't happen again. I have downloaded TweakUI for
possible future use.
Rocko