Bypass logon screen?

[Bill Hepworth]

I would like to boot directly to my desktop screen. I used to be setup that
way but lost when the computer crashed.
I recall it involves the run cmd. userpassword but I can't recall the rest
of the path.
Can anyone help?

 

[Nepatsfan]

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I would like to boot directly to my desktop screen. I used
to be
setup that way but lost when the computer crashed.
I recall it involves the run cmd. userpassword but I can't
recall the
rest of the path.
Can anyone help?

Go to Start -> Run.
Copy and paste the following into the Open box:

control userpasswords2

Click OK.
In the "Users for this computer" box, click on the account you
want to have logged on automatically.
Uncheck "Users must enter a user name and password to use this
computer".
Click OK.
In the box that pops up, make sure the account you clicked on
earlier is entered next to User Name.
Enter your password twice.
Note: You can leave the password box blank if the account does
not have a password.
Click OK.
Reboot to see if you get the desired results.

If you prefer, you can download a Microsoft program called
TweakUI and configure it accordingly. Take a look here for more
info on that procedure:

Courtesy of Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP
Configure Windows XP to Automatically Login
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm

Good luck

Nepatsfan