Re: Logon password

From: Galen (galennews_at_gmail.com)
Date: 10/02/05


Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 11:42:36 -0400

In news:5F1B8E2B-931B-48F1-AF1A-5C99D51B37F0@microsoft.com,
cagla <cagla@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:

 My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> Ok, I don't want to have a "wellcome screen", so I deselect it from
> the "change the way the users log on a nd off" menu.
>
> But I don't want to get the box that asks for my password either. I
> only have one user account and I don't want to use a password, so
> when I turn on the PC, I just want it to start windows, and not wait
> for me to hit enter to skip the password.
>
> Any ideas how to cancel this password question totally ?

Start
Press Run
Type "control userpasswords2" without the quotes
Hit Enter
UNTICK the box that says Users must enter a username and password to use the
computer
Click APPLY
Enter in the username you want to use as default
Enter in the password twice
Click OK

Galen

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