Re: Hoe to Startup Directly to Desktop & Avoid Request for Password

From: Venkatesh [MCSD] (venkatesh_at_[nospam)
Date: 02/08/04 

Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 04:49:02 +0530

Hi there Joe,

Follow these steps to enable auto logon and get rid of the password prompt:

To make the Welcome screen available:

1. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click
User Accounts.
2. Click "Change the way users log on or off".
3. Click to select the "Use the Welcome screen for fast
and easy logon" check box.
4. Click OK.

To turn off Guest account access:

1. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click
User Accounts.
2. Click the Guest account.
3. Click "Turn off Guest access".

To remove the password from the user account:

1. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click
User Accounts.
2. Click the user account.
3. Click "Remove my password".
4. Type the password in the "Type your current password"
box, and then click Remove Password.

Above steps will also enable auto logon, and you will be
no longer prompted to choose user and enter password.

Also see here:

Configure Windows XP to Automatically Login
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Autologon.htm

HTH
Venkatesh [MS India Community Star]

"Joe Sully" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:cdeb01c3ee97$8e0a7bf0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> I am the only user of the PC in my Home. How can I avoid
> the request for entering a Password every time I boot
> up? I use Windows XP Professional & at one time I had it
> booting directly to the desktop with no delay. How can I
> do this once again?
>
> Thanks.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Office 2003 Setup
    ... I assume that the final group allows anyone (except the Guest Account) so I ... It warned me that it was inheriting permissions from ... would show me what the parent was but it didn't! ... new user accounts, only one of which I included in the MS_OUTLOOK_USERS ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin)
  • Re: Folder hierarchy
    ... To open User Accounts, click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, ... To turn off the guest account, click Turn off the guest account. ... > arrangement of folders within XP ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics)
  • Re: Networking 2 computers with XP Home
    ... "This computer is running Windows XP Home Edition. ... To manage user accounts for this computer, use the User Accounts tool in the Control Panel" ... And Both computers can Ping each other through Command prompt. ... Make sure that the Guest account is enabled, ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web)
  • Re: How to Assign a Password to Guest Account
    ... >>There is a way to set a password on the guest account on Home, ... >> Doing so can cripple XP's networking features. ... > regular user accounts. ... router if you have broadband and a firewall. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)