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Main => Everything Else => Topic started by: shmokes on September 14, 2006, 06:01:26 pm
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I've got an XP box for a project I'm building for my inlaws. I just put a clean install of XP on it and only set up a single non-password-protected account. It's still booting up to the Welcome Screen, though, and I need it to automatically boot all the way to the desktop. Can someone tell me how to force XP to do this?
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XP sets up a fake user account for .net for some reason. I always just delete the account and have never had a problem. Go to control panel/ user accounts then delete the .net account.
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go to:
https://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
and grab tweakUI.exe...there's a logon tab there that lets you set the autologin account. Also grab the imageresizer tool, that's a useful one -> right click on an image file and resize from there...
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You don't even have to go that far.
Got to run and Type "control userpasswords2"
Take the check out of the "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer" and hit apply. Type in your account and password.
One of the programs I supported at work had issues with the Windows XP/2003 auto-login feature, that's the only reason i know that.
-FTen
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Thanks guys. TweakUI did the trick, but that command to access the Windows 2000-style user account manager is going to come in really handy in the future.
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i have this exact same problem on one of the 4 pcs i run that have winxp, the only difference is this one runs winxp home. i made sure to check the "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer" but it still boots straight in. Ill check those other options.