Re: Eliminating Windows Login

Joe McGuire wrote:

> My wife hates the Windows (XP) login screen and wants to get rid of
> it. It probably has some useful purpose but none that we can figure
> out in the home environment. I got rid of on my XP machine last
> winter when it was still new but I can't remember how I did it. Any
> suggestions?




Start | Run, type "control userpasswords2" Select the account you want to
logon to automatically. Then uncheck the box "Users must enter a user name
and password to use this computer."

Or do the same thing with TweakUI.

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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