Password Necessity?

[Guest]

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As the administrator as well as the only user of this PC, when booting I must
enter a password each time. Moreover,if I do not use the PC for about 15
minutes the screensaver appears and I must re-enter my password to gain
access to the system. My OS is XP-PRO with SP2. How can I eliminate the need
to enter a password each time I boot?
Thanks for any help on this problem.....CinciDave

 

[Malke]

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CinciDave wrote:

> As the administrator as well as the only user of this PC, when booting
> I must enter a password each time. Moreover,if I do not use the PC for
> about 15 minutes the screensaver appears and I must re-enter my
> password to gain access to the system. My OS is XP-PRO with SP2. How
> can I eliminate the need to enter a password each time I boot?
> Thanks for any help on this problem.....CinciDave

1. User Accounts applet in Control Panel - change how users log on.
2. From same place, remove password on account.
3. Display applet in Control Panel - control the screensaver password
there.

Malke
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www.elephantboycomputers.com
In Memoriam - MVP Alex Nichol
The world is diminished without him.

 

[Guest]

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"Malke" wrote:

> CinciDave wrote:
>
> > As the administrator as well as the only user of this PC, when booting
> > I must enter a password each time. Moreover,if I do not use the PC for
> > about 15 minutes the screensaver appears and I must re-enter my
> > password to gain access to the system. My OS is XP-PRO with SP2. How
> > can I eliminate the need to enter a password each time I boot?
> > Thanks for any help on this problem.....CinciDave
>
> 1. User Accounts applet in Control Panel - change how users log on.
> 2. From same place, remove password on account.
> 3. Display applet in Control Panel - control the screensaver password
> there.
>
> Malke
> --
> MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> In Memoriam - MVP Alex Nichol
> The world is diminished without him.
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I brought up the User Accounts in Control Panel and discovered an account
that I do not recognize:
.ASP.NET Machine A... Limited account
I have no idea how/where this came from and don't know whether or not to
remove it. The only other accounts are my personal account as administrator
(password protected) and a guest account which is off.

What should I do at this point?.....CinciDave

 

[Malke]

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CinciDave wrote:
> I brought up the User Accounts in Control Panel and discovered an
> account that I do not recognize:
> .ASP.NET Machine A... Limited account
> I have no idea how/where this came from and don't know whether or not
> to remove it. The only other accounts are my personal account as
> administrator (password protected) and a guest account which is off.
>
> What should I do at this point?.....CinciDave

Nothing to worry about:
http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/essentialaspnet.mspx

Malke
--
MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
www.elephantboycomputers.com
In Memoriam - MVP Alex Nichol
The world is diminished without him.

 

[Guest]

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"Malke" wrote:

> CinciDave wrote:
> > I brought up the User Accounts in Control Panel and discovered an
> > account that I do not recognize:
> > .ASP.NET Machine A... Limited account
> > I have no idea how/where this came from and don't know whether or not
> > to remove it. The only other accounts are my personal account as
> > administrator (password protected) and a guest account which is off.
> >
> > What should I do at this point?.....CinciDave
>
> Nothing to worry about:
> http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/essentialaspnet.mspx
>
> Malke
> --
> MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> In Memoriam - MVP Alex Nichol
> The world is diminished without him.
> ------------------------------------------------------
Well, it seems enocuous enough, but how did it become a log-on feature on my
system, and can I remove it, as I see no value in it for me? Perhaps I'm
missing something here?

 

[Guest]

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"CinciDave" wrote:

>
>
> "Malke" wrote:
>
> > CinciDave wrote:
> > > I brought up the User Accounts in Control Panel and discovered an
> > > account that I do not recognize:
> > > .ASP.NET Machine A... Limited account
> > > I have no idea how/where this came from and don't know whether or not
> > > to remove it. The only other accounts are my personal account as
> > > administrator (password protected) and a guest account which is off.
> > >
> > > What should I do at this point?.....CinciDave
> >
> > Nothing to worry about:
> > http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/essentialaspnet.mspx
> >
> > Malke
> > --
> > MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
> > www.elephantboycomputers.com
> > In Memoriam - MVP Alex Nichol
> > The world is diminished without him.
> > ------------------------------------------------------
Well, it seems "Innocuous" enough, but how did it become a log-on feature
on my system, and can I remove it, as I see no value in it for me? Perhaps
I'm
missing something here?

 

[Guest]

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You can try changing the password to blank, that is no characters at all.

As for the screen saver time-out, that can be set via right-click on the
desktop (any unused area), display properties, screen saver, then UNcheck
the box "on resume display welcome screen".

Suggestion, before changing things, you might want to create a second user
account, also with full administrative rights, and with a simple password,
just in case something goes wrong with your primary identity.

"CinciDave" <CinciDave@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:26786490-AB1F-4E39-A73B-F86493927360@microsoft.com...
> As the administrator as well as the only user of this PC, when booting I
> must
> enter a password each time. Moreover,if I do not use the PC for about 15
> minutes the screensaver appears and I must re-enter my password to gain
> access to the system. My OS is XP-PRO with SP2. How can I eliminate the
> need
> to enter a password each time I boot?
> Thanks for any help on this problem.....CinciDave
>

 

[Gordon]

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CinciDave wrote:
|| As the administrator as well as the only user of this PC,

Do you mean that you are using the built-in administrator account as your
log-in? If so you would be WELL advised not to. If the administrator profile
gets corrupted, then your ONLY way into the machine is through a repair
install of XP. Create another account, give that one admin rights, and use
that on a day-to-day basis.


||when booting I must enter a password each time.

Do you REALLY mean "booting" (ie before windows starts at all, in which case
it's a BIOS password and nothing to do with Windows) or do you mean "during
the Windows start up process"?

|| Moreover,if I do not use
|| the PC for about 15 minutes the screensaver appears and I must
|| re-enter my password to gain access to the system. My OS is XP-PRO
|| with SP2. How can I eliminate the need to enter a password each time
|| I boot?

See above on the definitition of "boot"


|| Thanks for any help on this problem.....CinciDave



--
Interim Systems and Management Accounting
Gordon Burgess-Parker
Director
www.gbpcomputing.co.uk

 

[Gordon]

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CinciDave wrote:
|||| ------------------------------------------------------
|| Well, it seems "Innocuous" enough, but how did it become a log-on
|| feature on my system, and can I remove it, as I see no value in it
|| for me? Perhaps I'm
|| missing something here?

It was installed during a Windows Update run.
One of the downsides of automatically downloading and installing Updates
with no notifications on.

--
Interim Systems and Management Accounting
Gordon Burgess-Parker
Director
www.gbpcomputing.co.uk

 

[Guest]

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"Gordon" wrote:

> CinciDave wrote:
> |||| ------------------------------------------------------
> || Well, it seems "Innocuous" enough, but how did it become a log-on
> || feature on my system, and can I remove it, as I see no value in it
> || for me? Perhaps I'm
> || missing something here?
>
> It was installed during a Windows Update run.
> One of the downsides of automatically downloading and installing Updates
> with no notifications on.
>
> --
> Interim Systems and Management Accounting
> Gordon Burgess-Parker
> Director
> www.gbpcomputing.co.uk
> ----------------------------------------------
THANKS ALL..................CinciDave (GO BEARCATS!!!)
>
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