Re: Log on with XP Pro

From: Doug Knox MS-MVP (dknox_at_mvps.org)
Date: 11/30/03


Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 10:32:07 -0500

Start, Run and enter CONTROL USERPASSWORDS2 Uncheck Users must enter a
username and password........... Click Apply. Enter the username that you
want automatically logged on, and the password, if any for that account.

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Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
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"Ted" <tjacquet@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:063b01c3b751$2ccd6c80$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> When I got the new computr with XP Pro, I set myself up
> as administrator with no password. I was able to boot up
> seamlessly to the desktop without the computer asking for
> a password.  Somewhere along the line, that changed,
> maybe when I downloaded one of the security patches from
> Microsoft.  Now when I boot up the logon screen appears
> asking for a password> I just hit enter and the computer
> continues to the desktop.  How do I reset it so I do not
> get the password login screesn.


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