WindowsXP Logon

[Daniel Becroft]

Hey all,

Is there anyway to get an 'automated logon' for Windows XP Pro? I
currently have it on only my home machine (1 user), and it just gets
really annoying.

I am using Pro at home, because our uni is running a MSDN Academic
Alliance thing, where we can get copies of MS software for nothing
(WinXP Pro, VS.NET 2003 Pro, etc). Otherwise, I would have gone with
Home Edition (*shudder*).

--
Daniel Becroft
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"Real computer scientists don't comment their code. The identifiers are
so long they can't afford the disk space."

"Blue sparks and white smoke, the two most expensive components of any
electrical system, and once used up will cost a fortune to replace."

 

[AntiSam]

Hey all,

Is there anyway to get an 'automated logon' for Windows XP Pro? I
currently have it on only my home machine (1 user), and it just gets
really annoying.

I am using Pro at home, because our uni is running a MSDN Academic
Alliance thing, where we can get copies of MS software for nothing
(WinXP Pro, VS.NET 2003 Pro, etc). Otherwise, I would have gone with
Home Edition (*shudder*).

--
Daniel Becroft
; =================================
"Real computer scientists don't comment their code. The identifiers are
so long they can't afford the disk space."

"Blue sparks and white smoke, the two most expensive components of any
electrical system, and once used up will cost a fortune to replace."

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=315231

 

[Guest]

I believe you might have switched from the XP PRO Welcome
screen, duh!

 

[Timmer]

I have downloaded a windows power toys which consists of
tweakui, you can change many things on your computer
using this tweak, as well as login automatically

l8tr, Timmer

 

[Daniel Becroft]

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=315231

Man, how come the knowledge base works for everyone else but me? *sniff*

--
Daniel Becroft
; =================================
"Real computer scientists don't comment their code. The identifiers are
so long they can't afford the disk space."

"Blue sparks and white smoke, the two most expensive components of any
electrical system, and once used up will cost a fortune to replace."

 

[Kelly]

Hi Daniel,

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.

Tip:

Add Control UserPasswords2 to the Control Panel (Line 1)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Or you can use TweakUI for XP: TweakUI/Logon/Autologon
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp