XP User account login

[godsownman]

Hello,

I have a very simple requirement. I want to have only one user account for the computer which I am using.

I know that is simple

What I want to do is to password protect the account but I dont want to type the password each and every time to enter into the computer and I dont want others to know about the password also.

I am using the classic login method in XP so that whenever I press the windows key + L , the screen locks and only I can reunlock it.

Inshort, what I am looking for is for XP to automatically log me in when I start the comp instead of me manually having to type the password.]

Is this possible ?

Thanks for your time.

Regards

 

[Netjunkie]

Read this Article from Microsoft.
How to turn on automatic logon in Windows XP

 

[vijay_7287]

i find this one tricky

the article which netjunkie gave should answer the question but only partly

wat i would like to know is if u have only one a/c

and u log on to it automatically then how can u prevent others from loging on !!!

is'nt it the same as not havin a password for the a/c

u talk abt lockin te screen well thst the same as havin a password
ie if at all u wanna stop others from logging on

i find this a bit wierd !!!!


"Afterall ours is a Geek's world"

 

[sakumar79]

If you dont want to enter the password, how are you expecting the computer to know whether you know the password to use the computer or not? If you dont want others to access your computer, you must password-protect your account... But you must be willing to enter the password otherwise your system will not know if it is you or someone else...

Perhaps you want some Biometric security?

Arun

 

[godsownman]

i find this one tricky

the article which netjunkie gave should answer the question but only partly

wat i would like to know is if u have only one a/c

and u log on to it automatically then how can u prevent others from loging on !!!

is'nt it the same as not havin a password for the a/c

u talk abt lockin te screen well thst the same as havin a password
ie if at all u wanna stop others from logging on

i find this a bit wierd !!!!


"Afterall ours is a Geek's world"

I know it sounds a bit weird but actually what happens is that while I am working on the PC , usually doing my work and I have to go and respond to someones call or do some work etc etc etc ....... someone comes and closes all the applications before doing their work. Luckilly I save it but sometimes I forget to do it and all my coding generally in VB goes down the drain .

So what I thought is if I lock the screen nobody can do anything but shutdown and restart which they will not do .

Thats why I thought of locking the screen but I realised that a common password is reqd and in doing so I need to tell them the password to type in when the comp starts but with Auto Login I can solve the problem.


Hope this is clear now, and no longer weird

Regards

 

[vijay_7287]

got it mate !!!

 

[casanova]

the artcle provided by netjunkie on microsft websites enables automatic logon. Mow when you have to move away from your pc to attend phone calls, you just have to click log off followed by switch user.

At this point, thw welcome screen wud show default username with the no. pf programs running. And nobody will turn off your pc if they see you have programs running.
And here if you try to login, it will ask for a password. Tried this myself in following circumstances

1. Had two accounts (1 admin and 1 ltd) restarted my pc it automatically logged in to my default a/c viz, admin. when i switched user, and clicked on my admin a/c it asked for a password.

2. To see whether it caters around the needs, i deleted the ltd a/c, restarted my pc. It logged in automatically, switched user, it showed welcome screen with the no of programs running with a password prompt.

Hope this satisfies ypu. Bravo, best of both worlds.

 

[godsownman]

Thanks for trying it out mate, I still have to try it . doing it a little later though.

 

[alib_i]

Hello,
Inshort, what I am looking for is for XP to automatically log me in when I start the comp instead of me manually having to type the password.

Is this possible ?

It's actually quite easy ... probly it will do the same thing as that suggested in that MSKB article..

# Type "control userpasswords2" in Run dialogue box
# Uncheck "Users must enter u/n p/w to use this computer"
# It will ask for what default username you want to use
# Specify the u/n and p/w
Done !

My comp is in a similar state .. only 1 user account (passw protected).. another hidden admin account .. dont feel like entering the passw each time I start comp ..

-----
alibi

 

[choudang]

lets make it simple... i think all are using powertoys.. TweakUIXP.. it comes with SP, go there ... logon -- Autologon

you will find TweakUIXP in control panel.

 

[Vishal Gupta]

One more thing!

Open regedit and goto:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

In right-side pane, create following keys:

AutoAdminLogon (String value) - 1
AutoLogonCount (DWORD Value) - ffffff8e
DefaultUserName (String Value) - <ur_user_name>
DefaultPassword (String Value) - <ur_password>

Now u'll get 2 benefits!

1.) Each time u'll be automatically logged on, whenever windows start, as alib_i's trick does.
2.) Also u'll be logged on automatically, whenever u Log Off the windows. (i.e. If u select Log Off, then windows will log off the session and will automatically logged in u w/o asking username and password)