User name and password at startup

From: LarryM (lmckenny_at_nc.rr.com)
Date: 08/30/03


Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 07:40:38 -0700


When I boot up win2000, I had the system remember my
username and password, so that I could go right up into
windows without requiring me to type it. I want to change
this now so that I am prompted for the user name and
password when the computer starts up.

How do I do this?



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