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Password box on power-on

  • 23-08-2008 3:29pm
    #1
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭


    Running Windows XP, SP2, and when I switch it on, I get the logon dialogue box. All I do is hit enter, and it goes (there's no password on the account). As it's a HTPC, I want to get rid of this dialogue box on boot up.

    I know there is a simple solution to this, but I am damned if I can find it, but how do I configure Windows so it will log in automatically and not display that dialogue box?


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  • #2
    ethernet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,568 ✭✭✭ethernet


    AFAIK, the TweakUI power toy lets you set up an auto-login. It encrypts your password as well.


  • #3
    BoB_BoT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,835 ✭✭✭BoB_BoT


    you can fiddle about with the user accounts setting in the control panel, but I think it'll only log in if there's only one account on the computer. As ethernet said, tweakUI will let you do an auto login.


  • #4
    kaizersoze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,042 ✭✭✭kaizersoze


    Go to Control Panel-->User Accounts
    Click 'Change the way users log on or off'.
    Tick 'Use welcome screen' and 'Fast user switching'.
    Click Apply actions and reboot.


  • #5
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    kaizersoze wrote: »
    Go to Control Panel-->User Accounts
    Click 'Change the way users log on or off'.
    Tick 'Use welcome screen' and 'Fast user switching'.
    Click Apply actions and reboot.

    Hmmm, I just tried that and while I don't get the logon box, I get the Welcome screen and have to click on my name to log in.

    I am nearly certain on my last htpc that I didn't have to download powertoys to achieve this.

    BoB_BoT wrote: »
    you can fiddle about with the user accounts setting in the control panel, but I think it'll only log in if there's only one account on the computer. As ethernet said, tweakUI will let you do an auto login.

    I think that's the problem - there's my account, the Guest account and an ASP.net account (don't know how that got there).

    I'll download TweakUI now and see how I get on.

    Thanks for the suggestions.


  • #6
    Webmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,579 ✭✭✭Webmonkey


    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315231


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  • #7
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    Webmonkey wrote: »
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315231


    Thanks for that. Not sure why I didn't stumble across it when I Googled it. :confused:


  • #8
    Webmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,579 ✭✭✭Webmonkey


    I put in the keyword registry with it as I knew you could do it from there. First result :)


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