Re: How to get rid of password prompt at startup

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On 02/12/2005 nah <nah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Ok, I tried this, but it still doesn't work. Now it pops up a warning
>message that says that my account is restricted! I've been comparing my
>computer to another that is starting up fine, without any passwords or
>welcome screens. There are a couple of differences that may provide some
>further clues (but that I don't understand myself!).
>
>1. my computer has a third user (other than mine and the guest, which is
>disactivated) called: ASP.NET Machine A...
>This user account is visible in the Control Panel -> User Accounts window,
>in my computer but not in the other!
>
>2. When I type <control UserPasswords2> into the other computer, the
>password checkbox IS checked, even though no password prompt is displayed at
>startup!
>
>So I don't understand where the essential difference is that makes that
>computer startup fine, and mine not!?!
>
>Any further help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks,
>Nikolai.
>
>ps. is there a help file or a list on the web of the various commands that
>can be used in Run?
>
>"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
>
>> - Click Start / Run
>> - Type this: control UserPasswords2 {OK}
>> - Click your user account, then untick the box that requires users
>> to enter a password.
>>
>>
>> "nah" <nah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:6CAE4830-0705-4744-8425-D24E27E7F5FF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Hello.
>> >
>> > My Windows XP keeps prompting me to enter a password at startup. I only
>> > have one user account active, I've disabled the welcome screen and I've
>> also
>> > gotten rid of the password that I had in there previously. Now the
>> password
>> > is empty, but it still pops up a messagebox asking me to choose a user and
>> > put in a password. How do I get rid of this messagebox, so that when I
>> turn
>> > the computer on, it opens immediately to my desktop without having to
>> click
>> > or press anything?
>> >
>> > Thanks alot,
>> > Nikolai.
>>
>>
>>

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