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Posted by Michael on March 4th, 2006


I recently had to reload xp sp2 from scratch. I then did all of the patches
form microsoft. Now when I boot up I have to chose a user. Befiore the crash
it would boot directly into windows with no intervention on my part. My
question is is there a way to get back to the previous behavior? BTW I am
the only user on this computer.
Thanks Mike


Posted by Wesley Vogel on March 4th, 2006


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...b;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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Posted by Michael on March 4th, 2006


Thank you much. It worked for me.
Mike
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Posted by Wesley Vogel on March 5th, 2006


Keep having fun. :-)

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