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I recently did a clean install of WinXP on a new hard drive with one user,
myself. It logged on automatically but, as I am populating it with software,
it has stopped logging on automatically. I suspect something called Genie
Backup Manager and have removed it but to no avail.

I download TweakUI to set the AutoLogon and it works once but not the second
time I boot up. I then sussed that TweakUI altered the setting in the
Registry at: HKEY_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\WinLogon\AutoAdminLogon from 0 to 1.

I tried this manually and it worked once but not subsequently. It seems that
the problem is that something is not letting the changes to the registry be
saved so they are lost when I shut down. I also noticed that I can no longer
sort the Start/Programmes list on the sub-menu.

Any ideas what is upsetting the registry or how I can force the changes to
be saved or what I can do to find out what is causing the problem?
 
I recently did a clean install of WinXP on a new hard drive with one user,
myself. It logged on automatically but, as I am populating it with
software, it has stopped logging on automatically. I suspect something
called Genie Backup Manager and have removed it but to no avail.
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The culprit is .NET. The fix given above works. (I used it myself.)
 
<< The culprit is .NET. The fix given above works. (I used it myself.)>>


Spot on. I noticed .Net being loaded with the ton of junk which came with my
HP Scanner but I couldn't do a custom install. It was all or nothing.

I'll delete the lot and only install the windows drivers. I can live without
all the rest.


Thanks Bob.
 
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