Re: Windows logon

From: John E. Carty (jcarty_at_NOSPAM.austin.rr.com)
Date: 06/29/03 

Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 12:04:38 GMT

"BobF" <bobf@g6pws.homeip.net> wrote in message
news:063701c33e35$e38ad060$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> l want to start win xp without having to logon. it worked
> fine like that before l ran all the updates etc... as the
> only user at home of my system, why do l need to logon??
> l have search as far as l can and have found no results
> as to how to turn off the logon screen, l just want the
> system to start.
>

Go Start|Run type in "control userpasswords2" (without the quotes) and hit
Enter. Uncheck the box which states "Users must enter a user name and
password to use this computer". Now your computer should boot straight into
Windows as it did before the .NET update :-)

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