log on my user account automatically instead of Admin account, how? "JoeDontKnow" <dontemailmedudet[ at ]aol.com.com> 11/16/2008 5:33:39 PM I installed all those net framework thingies through MS update. Now when I restart the computer I get logged on to the default Administrator account automatically. Then I have to Switch User to go to my account. I don't want to use the Welcome screen and I just want to boot up and go straight in to my account when I reboot like it used to do before I updated. How? Thanks!!!

Re: log on my user account automatically instead of Admin account, how? Leonard Grey <l.grey[ at ]invalid.invalid> 11/16/2008 5:40:22 PM You are defeating XP's built-in security if you do this. If you can go straight to your account without needing a user name or a password, so can anyone else with access to your computer, including the creator of any malware that may get installed on your computer. --- Leonard Grey Errare Humanum Est JoeDontKnow wrote: [Quoted Text] > I installed all those net framework thingies through MS update. Now when I > restart the computer I get logged on to the default Administrator account > automatically. Then I have to Switch User to go to my account. I don't want > to use the Welcome screen and I just want to boot up and go straight in to > my account when I reboot like it used to do before I updated. > > How? > > Thanks!!! > >

Re: log on my user account automatically instead of Admin account, how? "JS" <[ at ]> 11/16/2008 5:47:33 PM ..Net framework (forget which version) has a bug that causes this problem. Download and install Tweak UI from Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx After you start Tweak UI: Expand the Logon option, select Autologon and Check the Autologon box. OR Start/Run and enter: CONTROL USERPASSWORDS2 On the User tab: pick (highlight) the account you want to automatically logon Then uncheck: Users must enter username and password Next click Apply and enter the password (if the account you pick has a password) Finally click OK until your completely out Additional Info: How to turn on automatic logon in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315231 JS http://www.pagestart.com "JoeDontKnow" <dontemailmedudet[ at ]aol.com.com> wrote in message news:%23g634FBSJHA.1160[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] >I installed all those net framework thingies through MS update. Now when I >restart the computer I get logged on to the default Administrator account >automatically. Then I have to Switch User to go to my account. I don't want >to use the Welcome screen and I just want to boot up and go straight in to >my account when I reboot like it used to do before I updated. > > How? > > Thanks!!! >

Re: log on my user account automatically instead of Admin account, how? "JS" <[ at ]> 11/16/2008 5:48:43 PM ..Net framework (forget which version) has a bug that causes this problem. Download and install Tweak UI from Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx After you start Tweak UI: Expand the Logon option, select Autologon and Check the Autologon box. OR Start/Run and enter: CONTROL USERPASSWORDS2 On the User tab: pick (highlight) the account you want to automatically logon Then uncheck: Users must enter username and password Next click Apply and enter the password (if the account you pick has a password) Finally click OK until your completely out Additional Info: How to turn on automatic logon in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315231 JS http://www.pagestart.com "JoeDontKnow" <dontemailmedudet[ at ]aol.com.com> wrote in message news:%23g634FBSJHA.1160[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] >I installed all those net framework thingies through MS update. Now when I >restart the computer I get logged on to the default Administrator account >automatically. Then I have to Switch User to go to my account. I don't want >to use the Welcome screen and I just want to boot up and go straight in to >my account when I reboot like it used to do before I updated. > > How? > > Thanks!!! >

Re: log on my user account automatically instead of Admin account, how? "Kelly" <kelly[ at ]kelly.com> 11/16/2008 5:48:58 PM To correct: 1. Go to Start/Run and type in: control userpasswords2 and press ok. 2. On the Users tab, left click "your user name" then clear the Users Must Enter A User Name And Password To Use This Computer check box and then click OK. 3. In the Automatically Log On dialog box that appears, type the "user name and password" for the account you want to be logged on each time you start your computer. Added note: (Alex MVP) If you want to logon to one of the other users, hold down shift as the system boots up. Tip: Add Control UserPasswords2 to the Control Panel (Line 1) http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Remove ASPNET from the Welcome Screen for Auto Logon (Line 352) Right hand side http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm -- All the Best, Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP) Happy Birthday if today is your birthday! Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "JoeDontKnow" <dontemailmedudet[ at ]aol.com.com> wrote in message news:%23g634FBSJHA.1160[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] >I installed all those net framework thingies through MS update. Now when I >restart the computer I get logged on to the default Administrator account >automatically. Then I have to Switch User to go to my account. I don't want >to use the Welcome screen and I just want to boot up and go straight in to >my account when I reboot like it used to do before I updated. > > How? > > Thanks!!! >

Re: log on my user account automatically instead of Admin account, how? "JoeDontKnow" <dontemailmedudet[ at ]aol.com.com> 11/16/2008 8:11:53 PM Thanks all for the replies.....I can't believe this. I had been hitting the Apply button instead of the Ok button. So that is why I wasn't getting the Automatically Log On pop up!!!!!! As soon as I hit the OK button though, it popped up and now all is well. "JoeDontKnow" <dontemailmedudet[ at ]aol.com.com> wrote in message news:%23g634FBSJHA.1160[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] >I installed all those net framework thingies through MS update. Now when I >restart the computer I get logged on to the default Administrator account >automatically. Then I have to Switch User to go to my account. I don't want >to use the Welcome screen and I just want to boot up and go straight in to >my account when I reboot like it used to do before I updated. > > How? > > Thanks!!! > >