How do I get rid of the front login screen?

[OM]

When I turn on the PC... I have to type in my password.
I'm the only one using my PC at home, so I don't need this.
Can someone tell me how I can get rid of it and hav my PC boot straight
into the operating system?

Thanks.


OM

 

[Newtechie]

Hi OM,

Go into the Control Panel and double click on User Accounts and then click
on change the way users log on and off. Uncheck "Use Fast User Switching"
and click on apply changes.

Newtechie

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Click Start, Run and type CONTROL USERPASSWORDS2, and click Ok. Select the
user account from the list (to which account you want to automatically
logon). Uncheck Users must enter a user name and password to use this
computer option, and click Ok. Type the user account password and complete
the process.

For Windows XP Home, don't try to auto-login as the built-in Administrator,
as you'll receive a restrictions error.

 

[geezer]

Hi OM,

Go into the Control Panel and double click on User Accounts and then click
on change the way users log on and off. Uncheck "Use Fast User Switching"
and click on apply changes.

Newtechie

I couldn't get this to work for SP2.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

That step just turns off Fast User Switching. See my post in this thread, to
learn how to automatically logon to an user account.

 

[geezer]

That step just turns off Fast User Switching. See my post in this thread, to
learn how to automatically logon to an user account.

All I found was your post of 2/23:

Click Start, and then click Run. In the Open box, type control
userpasswords2, and then click OK. In the dialog box that appears,
enable Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer
check box, and then click OK.

I unchecked that box and it did not help.

TX

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Simply unchecking the box won't help. You need to input the username and the
credentials so that XP stores them in the registry. That info will then be
used by Windows to automatically login at startup.

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/autologon.htm

 

[Dwight Stewart]

For Windows XP Home, don't try to auto-login
as the built-in Administrator, as you'll receive
a restrictions error.

I believe that occurs only if one enters a password. If the password field
is left blank, all will work as expected. It certainly has in my case
anyway.

Stewart

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Stewart,

When there is only one user account with no password, XP automatically logs
on to that account. But, if one installs the .NET Framework, it adds a
hidden user account named ASP.NET and automatic logon is not possible.
Secondly, using a user account password is recommended.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

And.. Userpasswords2 method works in both cases.