XP login

[barry]

Hi
Can anyone advise please.

I like to have my computer in control panel set to classic view
where on choosing turn off computer you get the dark//light blue
box with the three icons ie ,stand buy,turn off ,restart.

I had my computer setup on start up to bypass the welcome screen
where you have to click your user account icon so windows would
continue to load rest of programs.

I know switching to category view does not present the welcome
login icon but instead requires user name//password,,not what I want.

So can anyone help please.

 

[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!!!

You probably added a Windows Update, .NET Framework 1.1 probably.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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