Starting Up WinXP (Welcome Screen)

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"Ben" <bswong@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
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>I am running WinXP on a home PC.
>
> How can I skip a step at start up? A screen comes up and you have to
> click
> on a name (has a picture next to it) to complete the log on process,
> it's
> the screen where you choose which user you want to log on as. I don't
> have
> any other users on my home PC so I want it to go straight through this
> process. It just started going to this screen recently, never used to
> have
> to worry about it.
>
> Thanks in advance, any help will be appreciated!
>
>


How to turn on automatic logon in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315231

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William

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Hi Ben,

Click start/run, type "control userpasswords2" (without the quotes) and
click ok. In the user list, click on the user that you want to be the
default. Uncheck the box requiring a username and password, click apply/ok
and follow the prompts to set up a default logon.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Ben" <bswong@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the reply!
>
> Isn't there another way of doing this. I'm not too keen on changing the
> reg
> as I am not confident that if anything goes wrong I'll be able to reverse
> the changes in regedit.
>
>
>
> "OK" <OK@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> "Ben" <bswong@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
>> news:zvbte.22677$F7.12494@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>> >I am running WinXP on a home PC.
>> >
>> > How can I skip a step at start up? A screen comes up and you have to
>> > click
>> > on a name (has a picture next to it) to complete the log on process,
>> > it's
>> > the screen where you choose which user you want to log on as. I don't
>> > have
>> > any other users on my home PC so I want it to go straight through this
>> > process. It just started going to this screen recently, never used to
>> > have
>> > to worry about it.
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance, any help will be appreciated!
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>> How to turn on automatic logon in Windows XP
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315231
>>
>> --
>> William
>>
>>
>>
>
>

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Thanks again OK, Rick and WTC!


"WTC" <bcrawfordjr(remove)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Ben" <bswong@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
> news:Kodte.22838$F7.3812@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> > "OK" <OK@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:%23u59PrLdFHA.2076@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> >> "Ben" <bswong@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
> >> news:zvbte.22677$F7.12494@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> >> >I am running WinXP on a home PC.
> >> >
> >> > How can I skip a step at start up? A screen comes up and you have
> >> > to
> >> > click
> >> > on a name (has a picture next to it) to complete the log on
> >> > process,
> >> > it's
> >> > the screen where you choose which user you want to log on as. I
> >> > don't
> >> > have
> >> > any other users on my home PC so I want it to go straight through
> >> > this
> >> > process. It just started going to this screen recently, never used
> >> > to
> >> > have
> >> > to worry about it.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks in advance, any help will be appreciated!
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >> How to turn on automatic logon in Windows XP
> >> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315231
> >>
> > Thanks for the reply!
> >
> > Isn't there another way of doing this. I'm not too keen on changing
> > the reg
> > as I am not confident that if anything goes wrong I'll be able to
> > reverse
> > the changes in regedit.
>
>
> If you read the whole KB article, you would have notice the "control
> userpasswords2" method. This does not involve you editing any registry
> entry.
>
> --
> William
>
>
>