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Automatic Logon
Name: Jordman210 Date: February 23, 2004 at 17:24:55 Pacific OS: Windows XP CPU/Ram: n/a
Comment:
Is it possible for windows for windows to automaticly logon if theres only one user? Its always been like that but all of a sudden it changed.
Name: Solarian Date: February 23, 2004 at 17:26:58 Pacific
Reply:
Jordan:
Click on Control Panel, click on User Accounts, then follow the prompts.
Solarian
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Response Number 2
Name: booboo Date: February 23, 2004 at 17:45:40 Pacific
Reply:
Control Panel>User Accounts>Change the way users log on or off
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Response Number 3
Name: Freedom Date: February 23, 2004 at 19:19:04 Pacific
Reply:
If there is only one user and that user has never entered a password then XP will logon automatically.
But;
There is a more controllable way of ensuring that your computer automatically logs on to a particular user account.
You install Tweak UI for XP, which is a Powertoy freely available for download from Microsoft.
Tweak UI resides in the control panel. Fire it up and fill in the Log On tab with the details for the account and password you want to log on with. Make sure that a corresponding account and password have already been set up.
It adds plenty of other useful functionality to your desktop if you play about with it, as do the other Powertoys.
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