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- Posted by Bill on March 15th, 2006
I am using XP home edition with SP2 and I am the only user. How can I get
my PC to go straight to desktop without having to click on the Computer
Administrator icon when starting up?
- Posted by Nepatsfan on March 15th, 2006
6D259DEA-6DE5-4F42-B438-4E25927517F7@microsoft.com,
Bill <Bill@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
Go to Start -> Run.
Copy and paste the following into the Open box:
control userpasswords2
Click OK.
In the "Users for this computer" box, click on the account you
want to have logged on automatically.
Uncheck "Users must enter a user name and password to use this
computer".
Click OK.
In the box that pops up, make sure the account you clicked on
earlier is entered next to User Name.
Enter your password twice.
Note: You can leave the password box blank if the account does
not have a password.
Click OK.
Reboot to see if you get the desired results.
Good luck
Nepatsfan
- Posted by Rob on March 15th, 2006
"Bill" wrote:
- Posted by Bill on March 15th, 2006
That worked great. Exactly what I wanted, and it is appreciated. Thank you
Nepatsfan
"Nepatsfan" wrote:
- Posted by Nepatsfan on March 15th, 2006
You're welcome. Glad to hear you got that fixed.
Nepatsfan
CE4127A1-0F81-4915-B53F-3C038505F499@microsoft.com,
Bill <Bill@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
- Posted by Del on March 16th, 2006
Thanks for the question and answer. It worked with me too. But is there a
more traditional way (click your way through from control pannel) to get to
that location to make the changes without going through the run command?
"Nepatsfan" wrote:
- Posted by Nepatsfan on March 16th, 2006
Here are two options you could try:
1. Courtesy of Kelly Theriot, MS-MVP
Add Control Userpasswords2 to Control Panel
Line 1, right hand column
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
This makes the alternate User Accounts applet available through
the Control Panel.
Note: This is what I do on my systems as well as many of the
computers I work on. It adds an icon in Control Panel named
User Accounts 2.
2. Download and install Microsoft's TweakUI PowerToy for
Windows XP.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...powertoys.mspx
Run TweakUI and navigate to Logon -> Autologon. Enter the name
and password of the user you want to have logged on at startup.
Check the box and click OK.
Good luck
Nepatsfan
B1C184DF-E720-417F-939A-9577ECA7E78B@microsoft.com,
Del <Del@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
- Posted by Rvtime on April 28th, 2006
Since I dont have that log in option is there some way to make it LET me log
in as an administrator? In other words to make it ask? Thank you.
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Rvtime
"Nepatsfan" wrote:
