Default user in W2K

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Paul Lady

Please, how can I change the default user in W2K so that the profile I want
will always present itself after bootup?

TIA, pjl
 
More details required. Are you talking about autologon?

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| Please, how can I change the default user in W2K so that the profile I
want
| will always present itself after bootup?
|
| TIA, pjl
|
|
 
I don't think I'm talking about autologon. My laptop was setup by the
vendor with a "user" profile that I don't use. My profile has to be
accessed by logging off the user profile and logging on my profile whenever
I start W2K. It's one of those "PIA" things that I'd like to change.

It seems to me that the registry must select the profile that boots as a
default someplace, and that can be changed to select my profile.

Thx, pjl
 
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

DefaultUserName

change Value data to your user name.

John

Paul said:
I don't think I'm talking about autologon. My laptop was setup by the
vendor with a "user" profile that I don't use. My profile has to be
accessed by logging off the user profile and logging on my profile whenever
I start W2K. It's one of those "PIA" things that I'd like to change.

It seems to me that the registry must select the profile that boots as a
default someplace, and that can be changed to select my profile.

Thx, pjl

More details required. Are you talking about autologon?

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Please, how can I change the default user in W2K so that the profile I
want
| will always present itself after bootup?
|
| TIA, pjl
|
|
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Yes this does sound like autologon. You can run regedit.exe and navigate to;
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
edit the Reg_Sz string values
"DefaultUserName"
and
"DefaultPassword"
to reflect the correct username and password. (note: the password for an
autologon account can not be blank)

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
|I don't think I'm talking about autologon. My laptop was setup by the
| vendor with a "user" profile that I don't use. My profile has to be
| accessed by logging off the user profile and logging on my profile
whenever
| I start W2K. It's one of those "PIA" things that I'd like to change.
|
| It seems to me that the registry must select the profile that boots as a
| default someplace, and that can be changed to select my profile.
|
| Thx, pjl
 
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