Bypass Login Screen

[Spike9458]

How can I set up my WindowsXP Home Edition so that it will skip the login
screen, and go straight to the desktop, other than by using tweakui.

I was told once by a network administrator that if I used that feature in
tweakui, then I could render my hard drive inaccessible to recover data in
the event of a harddrive crash.

Thanks in advance,

--Jim

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

How can I set up my WindowsXP Home Edition so that it will skip the
login screen, and go straight to the desktop, other than by using
tweakui.

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."

I was told once by a network administrator that if I used that
feature in tweakui, then I could render my hard drive inaccessible to
recover data in the event of a harddrive crash.

A poorly-informed network adminstrator. That's not at all true. TweakUI just
does the above for you.

 

[Spike9458]

: Spike9458 wrote:
:
: > How can I set up my WindowsXP Home Edition so that it will skip the
: > login screen, and go straight to the desktop, other than by using
: > tweakui.
:
:
: 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."
:
:
: > I was told once by a network administrator that if I used that
: > feature in tweakui, then I could render my hard drive inaccessible to
: > recover data in the event of a harddrive crash.
:
:
: A poorly-informed network adminstrator. That's not at all true. TweakUI
just
: does the above for you.
:
: --
: Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
: Please reply to the newsgroup
:
:
Hi Ken,

That is most excellent! Thank-you,

--Jim

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Hi Ken,

That is most excellent! Thank-you,

You're welcome. Glad to help.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

How can I set up my WindowsXP Home Edition so that it will skip the login
screen, and go straight to the desktop, other than by using tweakui.

Control Panel > Users Accounts > Change the way Users log on and off....

I was told once by a network administrator that if I used that feature in
tweakui, then I could render my hard drive inaccessible to recover data in
the event of a harddrive crash.

Your network administrator was either lying, joking, or woefully
ignorant of Windows operating systems.


--

Bruce Chambers

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