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Windows automatic logons

  • 18-05-2007 10:28AM
    #1
    workaccount
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,460 ✭✭✭


    Is it possible to set an xp machine to logon automatically when there is more than one user account?


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  • #2
    matt-dublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,468 ✭✭✭matt-dublin


    yes....

    1) Go to the Start Menu and the Run box.

    2) Type in the following:

    control userpasswords2

    now click OK

    3) In the new Windows that appears select the account you wish to make the primary logon.

    Now uncheck the "Users must enter a username and password..." box.

    4) Hit Apply and a dialog box will appear asking you to confirm the selected users password.

    Click OK when you are done!


  • #3
    workaccount
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,460 ✭✭✭workaccount


    Hmmm, funny I don't have the Users must enter a username and password box.


  • #4
    Gadgetman496
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,489 ✭✭✭Gadgetman496


    workaccount wrote:
    Hmmm, funny I don't have the Users must enter a username and password box.


    userpasswordbv9.jpg

    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



  • #5
    workaccount
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,460 ✭✭✭workaccount


    No I don't have that tick box.


  • #6
    trant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 332 ✭✭trant


    Is it a work PC?


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  • #7
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,173 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    When the computer is added to a domain, that tickbox is removed.

    You need to use a registry tweak in this case:
    http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/13/


  • #8
    workaccount
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,460 ✭✭✭workaccount


    seamus wrote:
    When the computer is added to a domain, that tickbox is removed.

    You need to use a registry tweak in this case:
    http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/13/


    And it is on a domain. I should have mentioned that.

    Thanks for this link.


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