Re: Set default user at logon - XP SP2
- From: "Nepatsfan" <nepatsfan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 16:01:53 -0400
In news:evIq%231jnHHA.3460@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
xenophon <paladyn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On my ThinkPad running XP SP2, when the Welcome screen comes
up my
default user account (only account other than Guest, which is
disabled) is already selected and the cursor is in the
password entry
textbox awaiting input. On my desktop, also running XP SP2,
when the
Welcome screen comes up it says "Click your user name to
login," even
though there is only one user shown. Both machines are
side-by-side
at the moment and I can't see a bloody thing different in the
User
Accounts setup in Control Panel.
I would like to have my desktop logon be the same as my
laptop,
defaulting to the password entry box for the only enabled
user on the
system, so that I don't have to click the user name or press
Tab
twice to get the entry box. I have Googled, but although I
found a
ton of Registry tweaks, and now know how to change the
LogonType
(which only switches between Classic and Welcome screens), I
can't
find out how to obtain this behavior. Can anybody give me a
pointer
to a KB or something, or a better search term than I've been
using,
or perhaps explain the process? Thanks.
Scott
Are you sharing folders or a printer from the desktop system?
That would account for the difference in behavior.
On a system with a single password protected account that is
not configured to logon automatically, you get the Welcome
screen acting the way it does on your laptop. The password box
is active with the cursor blinking. As soon as you enable file
sharing, the behavior changes to what you're seeing on your
desktop system. You now have to click on the icon to activate
the password box.
Whether you can change this behavior depends on what version of
XP you're using. If the desktop system is running XP Home
Edition, you can do the following, but it will disable file
sharing between your computers. You can either share files or
have the Welcome screen the way you want. You can't do both on
XP Home Edition.
On your desktop computer, go to Start -> Run and enter cmd.exe
in the Open box.
At the command prompt, enter the following command.
net user guest /active:no
Hit Enter.
Restart or log off to see if you get the desired results.
If you're desktop system is running XP Professional, you can
restore the Welcome screen and still share files as long as the
user accounts on the laptop and desktop are identical in both
user name and password. If they are, you can disable simple
file sharing (Start -> Control Panel -> File Options -> View
page -> Uncheck "Use simple file sharing (Recommended)"). Once
you've disable SFS, run the procedure outlined earlier to make
the Guest account inactive. Log off or restart to see if you
get the desired results.
Good luck
Nepatsfan
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