Re: TweakUI XP Problem

From: Ron Bogart (ripSPAM_at_SUXtbit.net)
Date: 10/28/04


Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 23:08:11 -0500

In news:636029aa.0410271926.5cd7ffa0@posting.google.com,
Bill <bkaz@telus.net> did some thinking and came up with these words:
> I installed the program to eliminate the log on screen, and have the
> computer boot directly to the desktop. I remember selecting a box to
> disable the log on portion, and it worked.
>
> The computer now boots without a pause to select a user, but I've lost
> all my favorites, and more importantly, all my emails in Outlook. I'm
> sure I've lost more things that I haven't noticed yet.
>
> This was obviously a big mistake on my part, and I need to put things
> back to the way they were. Can someone point to some links I could
> use to help me in my quest. My system is Win XP Pro, service pack 1.
>
> Thanks

Run TWEAKUI again but this time make sure it is *your* logon name in the
window for which logon you wish to be able to bypass. It sounds like you
have bypassed the logon using the administrator account which seems to be
the default when first ran in TweakUI.

-- 
Ron Bogart {}  τΏτ¬
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
"Life is what happens while we are making other plans." 


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