Re: I need a fast, minimum of mouse-clicks, power-up and shut-down solution

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From: NobodyMan (none_at_none.net)
Date: 05/08/04 

Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 22:58:14 -0400

On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 13:57:39 -0400, "Francis Elers"
<franciselers@earthlink.net> wrote:

>Hi group,
>
>Sorry if this is very basic but I use 98 SE at home and know most of the
>tricks for that, but at work I have to switch on (and off at the end of the
>day) half a dozen XP Pro. machines and I would like to be able to have them
>do this with the minimum amount of baby-sitting.
>
>At power-up they ask me to provide a password, which is not an option we
>need, so the solution is simply to click the OK button, but I would love to
>know how to configure the machines so that they avoid this stage altogether
>and boot all the way to a desktop un-aided.
>
>At shut-down, I get a dialog box asking me if I want to shutdown, restart,
>or log on as a different user. Can I circumvent all of this? The best
>thing for me would be a desktop icon which I can click which forces a
>shutdown. I know in former OS versions, I could make a a batch file with
>the line @EXIT in it and click on a shortcut to that batch file and that
>would force a re-start (not quite the same but you get the idea). Anything
>similar in XP?
>
>All suggestions greatly appreciated.
>
>Francis Elers.
>
Power Up: turn on computer/monitor. Wait for logon; enter user/pw
and hit enter.

Power off: Windows key, U, return.

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