Re: Disabling auto-logon or forcing password entry at startup

From: Galen (galennews_at_gmail.com)
Date: 08/28/05 

Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 18:15:06 -0400

In news:BC2A8EF8-1AA7-4E63-BF3F-312645D1829C@microsoft.com,
hp3k <hp3k@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:

 My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> Hi,
>
> I'm a newbie to the W2K system. I recently bought a used W2k system
> and am not familiar with what I need to do. When the OS starts it is
> in a auto-logon mode for a user other than Administrator and when it
> completes the user has no access to any file or directory on the C:
> drive. How can I stop the auto-logon for this user and "force" the
> OS to prompt for another user (Administrator) so that I can gain
> complete access to the system and its files and directories and
> either delete or change the user's access rights?
>
> Its one those systems that I bought via ebay and do not have any
> backup/recovery disks available.
>
> All assistance is greatly appreciated and TIA!

Oddly I have the reverse in my clipboard manager. <g>

How To Enable Automatic Logon in Windows 2000 Professional:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;234562

Anyhow, it's enough to get you started. Basically you do the exact opposite
of what you see there.

Galen 

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