Problem in the way XP starts in boot-up...

[Guest]

Recently (the past two days or so) I have noticed that my XP HE PC now asks
me to log-on my ID to allow Windows to continue to load on booting up? After
logging on my ID, Windows loads up as normal.

As I am sole user of my PC, I would normally have no problems in booting
straight into Windows and this problem is annoying. Especially as I have
made no changes to my settings to have it behave this way.

Can anyone please advise on how I get my PC to boot straight into Windows
once again without having to log-in with my ID?? I sure would appreciate the
help!!

Thanks in advance...

 

[Robin Gardner]

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/282866/EN-US/

 

[Guest]

Thanks Robin. Following your link, I changed the way Windows logs on, but
this is not the way I want my machine to boot-up either. The change means
that I log on using the "Classic" log-on method by opting to enter a password
- or just hitting 'Enter' if no password is in place.

My PC used to bypass the select ID log-on and boot straight into Windows,
without having to select an ID/account - remember, I am sole user of PC with
one ID/account.

I would appreciate it if anyone could let me know how to return my PC to
booting straight into Windows and my account, as I used to?! I can't use a
system restore point, as after a virus check recently, I had to delete
previous restore points to enable clean scan procedure.

 

[Nepatsfan]

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.

Good luck

Nepatsfan

(e-mail address removed),

 

[Guest]

Nepatsfan, many thanks for your reply. I followed your instructions and this
seemed to do the trick - all seems to be returned to my previous log-on
procedure of booting Windows straight into my ID/account without having to
enter password etc..

I did note on going through Robin's advice that "changing the way users log
on or off" in Control Panel> User Accounts that I had the "Use Fast User
Switching" option checked, as well as "Use the Welcome screen". This was
something I had not done myself, so I unchecked "Use Faster User Switching"
option whne I made the change you advised.

As I said, all my logging on procedures have now resorted back to their/my
original status and my problem is now resolved!

Again, many thanks to yourself and Robin for all your help.

 

[Nepatsfan]

You're welcome.

Nepatsfan

(e-mail address removed),

 

[Tom Kelly]

I followed your suggestion, Nepatsfan, and since I did not have a password
originally I left that blank but now I can't get boot into windows because
it asks me for a password (that I didn't give since I didn't have one
originally) and I don't have one to enter here.

What can you suggest I do now. - I installed another Windows XP but have
to restruct my desktop and program activations. I'm worse off tha I was
before.

 

[Tom Kelly]

Nepatsfan - I played around with one possible solution after another
and I finally came up with a fix.
I have two WindowXP programs installed on my system. I was
reconstructing my DESKTOP on my second copy. - I came up with the
thought that if I could get into the SAFE MODE on my damaged WindowsXP copy
that I could reverse the User Account choices on choosing how I wanted to
boot up.
I was able to do that and I was able to recover my MAIN WindowsXP copy
to the original state. - This information would be helpful to anyone
that got themselves into the same trouble I found myself in by following
your suggestion in an earlier post.
Thanks. Tom Kelly