How does one bypass the logon screen?

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Wladimir Nossel

If a person is the only one to ever use their computer, and does not have a
password for her account, then the logon screen becomes a waste of time.

Is it possible to get rid of it, and have WinXP directly logon into the
admin account without any prompt.

Thanks.

W.
 
1. Go to Start/Run and type in: control userpasswords2 and press 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.
 
Solution 1:
Click Start, Run and type "control userpasswords2", and click Ok.
Uncheck "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer"
option, and click Ok.

Solution 2:
If you have one user account and no password configured, Windows XP will log
you in automatically. Otherwise, you'll have to do the following:
Obtain and install the Windows XP version of TweakUI.

Download it from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

Open TweakUI (it's in Start -> Programs -> Powertoys for Windows XP).
Expand the Logon branch, and click Autologon.
Turn on the Log on automatically at system startup option, type your
username and password, and click Ok.


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Ramesh [MS-MVP]
AIM: SRamesh2k


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If a person is the only one to ever use their computer, and does not have a
password for her account, then the logon screen becomes a waste of time.

Is it possible to get rid of it, and have WinXP directly logon into the
admin account without any prompt.

Thanks.

W.
 
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