Re: Having windows NOT ask to choose user when booting up

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sat wrote:
> Nepatsfan wrote:
>> sat wrote:
>>
>>> Nepatsfan wrote:
>>>
>>>> sat wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Win XP HE SP2
>>>>> Follow-up to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> I would like to know if there is a way NOT to have
>>>>> Windows ask me to choose User Account upon boot-up.
>>>>> There is only 1 user using my computer and I hate having
>>>>> to choose myself as the User, it's a waste of time.
>>>>> Can I have Windows boot-up to User name by default
>>>>> without waiting for me to choose?
>>>>> Tx, S
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Go to Start -> Run.
>>>> Copy and paste the following into the Open box:
>>>>
>>>> control userpasswords2
>>>>
>>>> Click OK.
>>>> Uncheck "Users must enter a user name and password to use
>>>> this computer".
>>>> In the box that pops up, replace Administrator in the
>>>> "User Name" box with your user account. Enter your
>>>> password twice. Note: You can leave the password box
>>>> blank if your account does not have a password.
>>>> Click OK twice and reboot to see if you get the desired
>>>> results.
>>>>
>>>> Nepatsfan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Great. Tx! S
>>
>>
>> You're welcome.
>>
>> Nepatsfan
>>
>>
> How important is it to enter my user account in place of
> Administrator, as u suggest, by the way? Must I do that or
> can I leave Administrator?

With XP Home Edtion, you don't have a choice. You have to
change it to another user account. That's because in Home
Edition, you're only able to logon to the built-in
Administrator account when the computer is running in Safe
Mode.

You'd need to be running XP Professional Edition in order to
logon automatically with the Administrator account. But that
doesn't mean that you should. The Administrator account is best
left for emergency use only.

Nepatsfan





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