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XP Logon and autolog off
Name: buzzstpoint Date: May 11, 2004 at 08:03:14 Pacific OS: XP pro SP1 CPU/Ram: N/A
Comment:
Two questions: 1: Is there a way I can Autolog off on Idle for our users? Some disable the screensavers so that wont work..
2: In the user logon. I want to switch to the classic logon. Is there a way I can have the usernames in a dropdown box? Instead of each user having to type them in? (Seems they can't remember there user names.)
Name: clubjunkie Date: May 11, 2004 at 12:33:43 Pacific
Reply:
Q2 can be done easily enougn, if i read it right. go into control panel and into user accounts, and turn off the option for the welcome screen. not sure about the first thing tho
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