TWO annoying problems - Welcome and Search

[Miller7]

I recently downloaded a bunch of updates to Windows and
now have to click on my user name (I only have one user
name on the computer - and that one is the administrator)
on the blue Welcome screen. It is either that, or have
to type in a password each time. I already know about
the Control Panel and changing user accounts. But I
would like to be back to how it was before I updated -
and that would be to have Windows just load
automatically. Can this be done and how would I change
it?

My other question is something I must have done and don't
know how to undo. When I Right Click Start, Explore,
Open something like My Documents, and then try to open
the folders on the right panel, I open the Search
Companion instead of the folder. I can open the folder
on the left panel. Can anyone tell me how to change this
back?

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Problem 1: Click Start, Run and enter CONTROL USERPASSWORDS2 Uncheck Users
must enter a username and password........... click Apply. Enter the
username you want automatically logged on and that accounts password, if
any.

Problem 2: See www.dougknox.com, Win XP Fixes, Search/Command Prompt Opens
When Double Clicking a Folder.