Password or No Password ?

[Ty]

Previously in Windows 2000 Professional you could set it
that it would always login on it's own with the password
you specified so you never had to type your password.

I don't see that in XP Professional - does it exist?

Thanks.

Ty

 

[purplehaz]

Start, run, type in: control userpasswords2, hit enter.

Uncheck: users must enter a user name and password to use this computer.

Xp will then ask you to enter the user and password you want to auto-logon
to.



Or



Download and install tweakui for xp and use its auto-logon feature.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

 

[anonymous]

Start
Control Panel
User Accounts
Change an account
Pick an account
Change password
Bang!

 

[Alex Nichol]

Previously in Windows 2000 Professional you could set it
that it would always login on it's own with the password
you specified so you never had to type your password.

I don't see that in XP Professional - does it exist?

Start - Run the line
control userpasswords2
Uncheck the box 'Users must give a username', and Apply - it will ask
for the user account and password to use.

BTW you can bypass the autologon so as to get a logon dialog should you
really need it, by holding down shift as the system boots up