Re: Signing in under Owner or Administrator

From: Andre Da Costa (andred25_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/13/04 

Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 14:56:57 -0700

Open Control Panel > User Accounts > Change the Way Users Log On > Welcome
Screen > Apply Options.

How to turn on Automatic Log on
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=315231

Andre
"Phantom" <Phantom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FFAB7DD4-C7AA-4978-9242-F31094156F2B@microsoft.com...
> On Saturday my computer starting going to the guest screen on the desktop
> when I turned it on for no reason. As expected, when I logged as a guest,
> all my personal files were gone. I finally figured out that by hitting
> control-Alt-delete and just entering as the owner and NOT putting in a
> password, my old desktop came up with all my files. 1st, I just want to
> turn
> on my computer and my desktop with my files just come up WITHOUT typing in
> a
> password. 2nd, It seems even if I log in as the owner, I can't change any
> of
> the settings because I'm not the administrator. As far as I know, I have
> never been the administrator, just the owner. I used to be able to change
> settings as the owner. I'm saying I have always been the owner because
> that
> was what my old desktop came up as. Can anybody help me get back to
> logging
> on without typing in a password with my orgininal files and be the
> administrator too.

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