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Anonymous   06-07-2005 at 08:33:02 PM

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How do you get rid of the welcome screen on XP Pro? I am the only user on
this machine, would like it to default to my user account. It used to work
fine, but since I installed software for an external hard drive, it now asks
me to select a user whenever I start up. Really annoying! Any ideas?

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Jonathan   06-08-2005 at 04:37:07 AM
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ssslithe wrote:
|| How do you get rid of the welcome screen on XP Pro? I am the only
|| user on this machine, would like it to default to my user account.
|| It used to work fine, but since I installed software for an external
|| hard drive, it now asks me to select a user whenever I start up.
|| Really annoying! Any ideas?

Download TweakUI (part of the Windows Power Users tools) from Microsoft.
This has an option to automatically log in to an accout at boot up.

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Anonymous   06-07-2005 at 11:45:28 PM
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ssslithe wrote:
> How do you get rid of the welcome screen on XP Pro? I am the
> only user on this machine, would like it to default to my
> user account. It used to work fine, but since I installed
> software for an external hard drive, it now asks me to
> select a user whenever I start up. Really annoying! Any
> ideas?

Go to Start -> Run.
Copy and paste the following into the Open box:

control userpasswords2

Click OK.
Uncheck "Users must enter a user name and password to use this
computer".
In the box that pops up, replace Administrator in the "User
Name" box with your user account. Enter your password twice.
Note: You can leave the password box blank if your account does
not have a password.
Click OK twice and reboot to see if you get the desired
results.

Good luck

Nepatsfan

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Anonymous   06-07-2005 at 09:46:52 PM
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Start/Run
Type "control userpasswords2" ENTER
Uncheck "Users must enter..."
Click OK and follow prompts.

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Jupiter Jones [MVP]
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"ssslithe" <ssslithe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FF1FEB21-386D-4422-98CE-A1CB321B5B88@microsoft.com...
> How do you get rid of the welcome screen on XP Pro? I am the only user on
> this machine, would like it to default to my user account. It used to work
> fine, but since I installed software for an external hard drive, it now
> asks
> me to select a user whenever I start up. Really annoying! Any ideas?

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Anonymous   06-07-2005 at 11:45:29 PM
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Thanks guys - Nepatsfan and Jupiter Jones's advice worked perfectly.

"Nepatsfan" wrote:

> ssslithe wrote:
> > How do you get rid of the welcome screen on XP Pro? I am the
> > only user on this machine, would like it to default to my
> > user account. It used to work fine, but since I installed
> > software for an external hard drive, it now asks me to
> > select a user whenever I start up. Really annoying! Any
> > ideas?
>
> Go to Start -> Run.
> Copy and paste the following into the Open box:
>
> control userpasswords2
>
> Click OK.
> Uncheck "Users must enter a user name and password to use this
> computer".
> In the box that pops up, replace Administrator in the "User
> Name" box with your user account. Enter your password twice.
> Note: You can leave the password box blank if your account does
> not have a password.
> Click OK twice and reboot to see if you get the desired
> results.
>
> Good luck
>
> Nepatsfan
>
>
>

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Anonymous   06-08-2005 at 12:11:57 AM
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ssslithe wrote:
> Thanks guys - Nepatsfan and Jupiter Jones's advice worked
> perfectly.
>
You're welcome.

FYI, if you want to add that User Account applet to Control
Panel, go to this web site and run the registry fix listed on
line 1, right hand column.

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Nepatsfan

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