How to get rid of unwanted logon screen at startup?

[Andrew_White]

I have one user defined on the machine, say "myprofile," defined as an
administrative user. Until recently when I logged on the machine booted up
directly to the desktop without offering me any logon screen or any need to
choose users.

Then last week I briefly experimented with having different users, making
user myprofile to be limited - this and that. I abandoned all these changes
in the end end, and went back to just how things were.

However, Windows now presents a logon screen with a choice between myprofile
and the default "administrator" user. This is completely un-necessary. Is
there any way to get rid of it, and boot up as myprofile by default? (There
are no passwords.)

Many thanks
Andrew White

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

"Andrew_White" <AndrewWhite@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F3A10DB2-BA52-424F-BE27-F0C50677038E@microsoft.com...
>I have one user defined on the machine, say "myprofile," defined as an
> administrative user. Until recently when I logged on the machine booted up
> directly to the desktop without offering me any logon screen or any need
> to
> choose users.
>
> Then last week I briefly experimented with having different users, making
> user myprofile to be limited - this and that. I abandoned all these
> changes
> in the end end, and went back to just how things were.
>
> However, Windows now presents a logon screen with a choice between
> myprofile
> and the default "administrator" user. This is completely un-necessary. Is
> there any way to get rid of it, and boot up as myprofile by default?
> (There
> are no passwords.)
>
> Many thanks
> Andrew White

- Click Start / Run / control userpasswords2 {Enter}
- Tick the box that requires users to enter a password.
- Click your account name.
- Untick the box that requires users to enter a password.
- Click OK.
- Enter the password for your account when prompted.
If it is a blank password, click OK.

 

[Andrew_White]

Excellent! many thanks!

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>
> "Andrew_White" <AndrewWhite@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F3A10DB2-BA52-424F-BE27-F0C50677038E@microsoft.com...
> >I have one user defined on the machine, say "myprofile," defined as an
> > administrative user. Until recently when I logged on the machine booted up
> > directly to the desktop without offering me any logon screen or any need
> > to
> > choose users.
> >
> > Then last week I briefly experimented with having different users, making
> > user myprofile to be limited - this and that. I abandoned all these
> > changes
> > in the end end, and went back to just how things were.
> >
> > However, Windows now presents a logon screen with a choice between
> > myprofile
> > and the default "administrator" user. This is completely un-necessary. Is
> > there any way to get rid of it, and boot up as myprofile by default?
> > (There
> > are no passwords.)
> >
> > Many thanks
> > Andrew White
>
> - Click Start / Run / control userpasswords2 {Enter}
> - Tick the box that requires users to enter a password.
> - Click your account name.
> - Untick the box that requires users to enter a password.
> - Click OK.
> - Enter the password for your account when prompted.
> If it is a blank password, click OK.
>
>
>

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Thanks for the feedback.

"Andrew_White" <AndrewWhite@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news081AD7B-8886-41C3-9CAD-150EEFE992F5@microsoft.com...
> Excellent! many thanks!
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
>
>>
>> "Andrew_White" <AndrewWhite@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:F3A10DB2-BA52-424F-BE27-F0C50677038E@microsoft.com...
>> >I have one user defined on the machine, say "myprofile," defined as an
>> > administrative user. Until recently when I logged on the machine booted
>> > up
>> > directly to the desktop without offering me any logon screen or any
>> > need
>> > to
>> > choose users.
>> >
>> > Then last week I briefly experimented with having different users,
>> > making
>> > user myprofile to be limited - this and that. I abandoned all these
>> > changes
>> > in the end end, and went back to just how things were.
>> >
>> > However, Windows now presents a logon screen with a choice between
>> > myprofile
>> > and the default "administrator" user. This is completely un-necessary.
>> > Is
>> > there any way to get rid of it, and boot up as myprofile by default?
>> > (There
>> > are no passwords.)
>> >
>> > Many thanks
>> > Andrew White
>>
>> - Click Start / Run / control userpasswords2 {Enter}
>> - Tick the box that requires users to enter a password.
>> - Click your account name.
>> - Untick the box that requires users to enter a password.
>> - Click OK.
>> - Enter the password for your account when prompted.
>> If it is a blank password, click OK.
>>
>>
>>

 

[Newbie Coder]

Andrew

This same question was discussed in this newsgroup on 15th July by Janetb
(Janetb@discussions.microsoft.com) with the subject 'Automatic log-in'

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/...eral&mid=99c66274-e457-4f4a-920d-bc7cce876631

--
Newbie Coder
(It's just a name)




"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the feedback.
>
> "Andrew_White" <AndrewWhite@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news081AD7B-8886-41C3-9CAD-150EEFE992F5@microsoft.com...
> > Excellent! many thanks!
> >
> > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> "Andrew_White" <AndrewWhite@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:F3A10DB2-BA52-424F-BE27-F0C50677038E@microsoft.com...
> >> >I have one user defined on the machine, say "myprofile," defined as an
> >> > administrative user. Until recently when I logged on the machine booted
> >> > up
> >> > directly to the desktop without offering me any logon screen or any
> >> > need
> >> > to
> >> > choose users.
> >> >
> >> > Then last week I briefly experimented with having different users,
> >> > making
> >> > user myprofile to be limited - this and that. I abandoned all these
> >> > changes
> >> > in the end end, and went back to just how things were.
> >> >
> >> > However, Windows now presents a logon screen with a choice between
> >> > myprofile
> >> > and the default "administrator" user. This is completely un-necessary.
> >> > Is
> >> > there any way to get rid of it, and boot up as myprofile by default?
> >> > (There
> >> > are no passwords.)
> >> >
> >> > Many thanks
> >> > Andrew White
> >>
> >> - Click Start / Run / control userpasswords2 {Enter}
> >> - Tick the box that requires users to enter a password.
> >> - Click your account name.
> >> - Untick the box that requires users to enter a password.
> >> - Click OK.
> >> - Enter the password for your account when prompted.
> >> If it is a blank password, click OK.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>