Re: please help..........

Jess,

What I think you're seeing is the "Logon to Windows" dialog
box. The user name that is listed is that of the last account
that logged on to the computer. In order to log on with another
account, such as those you've set up for hubby and the kids,
you can click in the User Name box and start typing the name of
the user account you want to log in with.

That said, you'd probably be better off setting up your home
computer to use the Welcome Screen instead of the logon box.
The Welcome Screen displays all of the accounts that exist on
your computer. To use the Welcome Screen, you'll need to do the
following:

Go to Start -> Control Panel and double click on User Accounts.
Under "Pick a Task...", click on "Change the way user log on or
off".
Under "Select Logon and Logoff Options", put a check mark in
the boxes next to "Use the Welcome Screen" and "Use Fast User
Switching".
Hit the "Apply Options" button.
Close User Accounts.
Now, hit the Start button and select Logoff from the menu.
Hit the Logoff button.
You should now see the Welcome Screen with all of your
computers user accounts listed.
Click on the icon for your account to logon to Windows.

As for logging on to Windows automatically, you'll need to do
the following:

Go to Start -> Run and enter the following in the Open box:

control userpasswords2

Click OK.
The User Accounts dialog box should pop up.
On the Users page, uncheck "Users must enter a user name and
password to use this
computer".
In the box that pops up, replace Administrator in the "User
Name" box with your user account name.
Note: You can leave the password box blank if your account does
not have a password.
Click OK twice and reboot to see if you're automatically logged
onto Windows with your account.

Now, when you want to logon with a different account you have
two options.
1. Start your computer and wait till it finishes logging into
your account. You can then go to Start -> Log off and either
log off or switch users.
2. Start your computer but this time hold down the Shift key.
This will prevent your account from being automatically logged
on and will display the Welcome Screen. Once the Welcome Screen
is displayed, you can logon with the apporpriate account.

You might want to take a look at these articles:

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

Skip the Welcome Screen and Logon Automatically
http://mvps.org/marksxp/WindowsXP/welskip.php

Post back if you have any questions.

Nepatsfan


Jesspc05 wrote:
> ty so much for helping me, although that didnt do the trick,
> i'm still stuck with that blue screen. I forgot to mention,
> i also have this on my home puter wich is also windows xp
> pro. I had my pc password protected b/c of the kids going
> on my pc without my permission ( darn teens.lol) then i
> gave up and took off the password lock. now, when i turn on
> my pc, it comes to the windows screen, then a blue screen
> wich shows a box in the middle of it asking for a password.
> If you just hit enter, it logs you onto windows. i was just
> wondering how you get that "log on" screen to not show up
> every time i turn my pc back on(either one). because of
> this, i also cant get into any of the other accounts on my
> home pc. I have one for the kids, and one for my hubby also.
> that i just can't access. Sorry for being anal with my other
> reply, i guess i went into defense mode cause i felt i was
> being made fun of and didnt apreciate it. thanks for taking
> your time to help me and read this very long post. Any help
> would be appreciated. thank you,Jess
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> Nepatsfan Wrote:
>> Jesspc05 wrote:
>> Hi, I am running XP office addition. I can't get the
>> password lock page to go away after turning of the password
>> to start up windows. its annoying and time consuming whn you
>> just need to get to files with customers standing there.....
>> can anyone tell me how in the world do i get that screen not
>> to come up? thanks,Jess
>>
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>> Jesspc05
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>> I'm guessing here but you might want to try the following:
>>
>> Go to Start - Control Panel and double click on Display.
>> Click on the "Screen Saver" tab.
>> Remove the check mark from the box next to "On resume,...".
>> Next, click on the Power button.
>> In Power Options, click on the Advanced tab.
>> Remove the check mark from the box next to "Prompt for
>> password when computer resumes from standby".
>>
>> If that doesn't fix the problem, post back with a better
>> explanation of what you want help with.
>>
>> Nepatsfan
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> Jesspc05



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