WinXP pro now wants me to login with a password.

[Jack]

Hi all:

Just reinstalled WinXP again because of Partition Magic went wrong
(that's another story). Now widows starts much slower (the animating
slide goes thru 7-9 sweep before windows continues to load), and it
also stops at the login page for me to enter a password. I never
established a pw and in spite of my just clicking thru, this contiues.
Can soneone please supply with a solution? Thanks.

 

[Jerry]

Install Tweakui so you can set things up for an automatic logon.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Do not use control userpasswords2 to create accounts if you are using XP
Home!!!

[[You can also use turn on automatic logon without editing the registry in
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition and in Microsoft Windows XP Professional
on a computer that is not joined to a domain. To do this, follow these
steps:

1. Click Start and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type control userpasswords2 and then click OK.

Note When users try to display help information in the User Accounts window
in Windows XP Home Edition, the help information is not displayed.
Additionally, users receive the following error message:

Cannot find the Drive:\Windows\System32\users.hlp Help file. Check to see
that the file exists on your hard disk drive. If it does not exist, you must
reinstall it.

3. Clear the "Users must enter a user name and password to use this
computer" check box, and then click Apply.
4. In the Automatically Log On window, type the password in the Password
box, and then retype the password in the Confirm Password box.
5. Click OK to close the Automatically Log On window, and then click OK to
close the User Accounts window. ]]

From...
How to turn on automatic logon in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315231

Do not use control userpasswords2 to create accounts if you are using XP
Home!!!

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Jack]

Hi all:

Just reinstalled WinXP again because of Partition Magic went wrong
(that's another story). Now widows starts much slower (the animating
slide goes thru 7-9 sweep before windows continues to load), and it
also stops at the login page for me to enter a password. I never
established a pw and in spite of my just clicking thru, this contiues.
Can soneone please supply with a solution? Thanks.

Thanks Wes. It worked. WinXP pro no longer ask for a pw.

Jerry, I tried using TweakXP first but somehow, the box to check for
auto logon is greyed out.