Have to log in now. How to get straight startup back, pls?

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StargateFanFromWork

I must have accidentally logged-off one day instead of just asking for a
restart because now I have to be there to click on the right profile before
my machine starts up properly. Since the computer is a single-user one,
this isn't necessary. Is there a way to get the straight and direct
re-start back without this profile prompt?

TIA. :oD
 
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StargateFanFromWork said:
I must have accidentally logged-off one day instead of just
asking
for a restart because now I have to be there to click on the
right
profile before my machine starts up properly. Since the
computer is
a single-user one, this isn't necessary. Is there a way to
get the
straight and direct re-start back without this profile
prompt?

TIA. :oD
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Here are two options.

1. Download and install TweakUI from Microsoft. TweakUI is
available here.

Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

Direct Download of TweakUI
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

Once the program is installed, go to Start -> All Programs ->
Powertoys for Windows XP -> TweakUI.
Click the + sign next to Logon in the left hand column.
Click on Autologon.
In the right hand pane, put a check mark in the box next to
"Logon automatically at system startup".
Enter the name of your user account in the User Name box.
Hit the Set Password button and enter your password twice.
Note: You should skip this step if your account has a blank
password.
Click OK to close TweakUI.
Restart your computer to see if you get the desired results.

2. Go to Start -> Run.
Copy and paste the following into the Open box:

control userpasswords2

Click OK.
In the "Users for this computer" box, click on the account you
want to have logged on automatically.
Uncheck "Users must enter a user name and password to use this
computer".
Click OK.
In the box that pops up, make sure the account you clicked on
earlier is entered next to User Name.
Enter your password twice.
Note: You can leave the password box blank if the account does
not have a password.
Click OK.
Reboot to see if you get the desired results.

Good luck

Nepatsfan
 
Nepatsfan said:
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Here are two options.

1. Download and install TweakUI from Microsoft. TweakUI is
available here.

Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

Direct Download of TweakUI
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

Once the program is installed, go to Start -> All Programs ->
Powertoys for Windows XP -> TweakUI.
Click the + sign next to Logon in the left hand column.
Click on Autologon.
In the right hand pane, put a check mark in the box next to
"Logon automatically at system startup".
Enter the name of your user account in the User Name box.
Hit the Set Password button and enter your password twice.
Note: You should skip this step if your account has a blank
password.
Click OK to close TweakUI.
Restart your computer to see if you get the desired results.

2. Go to Start -> Run.
Copy and paste the following into the Open box:

control userpasswords2

Click OK.
In the "Users for this computer" box, click on the account you
want to have logged on automatically.
Uncheck "Users must enter a user name and password to use this
computer".
Click OK.
In the box that pops up, make sure the account you clicked on
earlier is entered next to User Name.
Enter your password twice.
Note: You can leave the password box blank if the account does
not have a password.
Click OK.
Reboot to see if you get the desired results.

Good luck

Nepatsfan
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Thanks so much! Really appreciate this. I'll give the first a try and see
what happens. Great, though, to have a second option, too. :oD
 
Thanks so much! Really appreciate this. I'll give the first a try and see
what happens. Great, though, to have a second option, too. :oD
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TweakUI did the job! Yeay, back to straight logging in.

Thanks.
 
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You're welcome.

Nepatsfan
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Well, this is what is making me really sick and tired and fed up with
XP! I'm one step away from cutting up a partition and installing
Win98SE and going back to it. I have to change things again, and
again and again in XP and it refuses to obey. When I wrote the above
it was after _one_ reboot where it worked. Then it went back to
needing to logon. With the TweakUI method, it works _once_ and once
only before reverting back. This is getting to be a royal pain in
everything I do in XP. It's a real pain in the butt. Since Win98SE
the OS has gotten worse not better progressively. And I'm sick of it.

I'm going to try the other option to see if it will work. <sigh> I'm
not holding out much hope, though. Four months with XP at home because
of my new computer and I've seen just how stupid it is. I need to use
all my old shell extensions with it and although, yes, it doesn't
crash like 98, it freezes just about the same amount of time where the
cursor stops working properly so I have to reboot anyway. I have only
gained one thing, the plug and play-type of funcitonality. So??? It
just meant hunting down drivers if it didn't come with the item I
needed to plug in -- mp3 player, thumb drive, etc.

In fact, going over to the 98 ng now to see if there is anything to do
to enhance USB-compatibility in 98 so that I can just leave XP for use
in those still odd moments where a program will only work in Win2K and
up.

They say there's a straw that breaks the camel's back and this is it.
Enough of XP's stupidities for every day. It'll not be gone, because
MS forces peopel to upgrade and so software follows suite, but since
most of the apps I use need only 98, then I'll be fine as once one
finds a program that works, upgrades are hardly ever necessary.

Thanks.
 
StargateFan said:
Well, this is what is making me really sick and tired and fed up with
XP! I'm one step away from cutting up a partition and installing
Win98SE and going back to it. I have to change things again, and
again and again in XP and it refuses to obey. When I wrote the above
it was after _one_ reboot where it worked. Then it went back to
needing to logon. With the TweakUI method, it works _once_ and once
only before reverting back. This is getting to be a royal pain in
everything I do in XP. It's a real pain in the butt. Since Win98SE
the OS has gotten worse not better progressively. And I'm sick of it.

I'm going to try the other option to see if it will work. <sigh> I'm
not holding out much hope, though. Four months with XP at home because
of my new computer and I've seen just how stupid it is. I need to use
all my old shell extensions with it and although, yes, it doesn't
crash like 98, it freezes just about the same amount of time where the
cursor stops working properly so I have to reboot anyway. I have only
gained one thing, the plug and play-type of funcitonality. So??? It
just meant hunting down drivers if it didn't come with the item I
needed to plug in -- mp3 player, thumb drive, etc.

In fact, going over to the 98 ng now to see if there is anything to do
to enhance USB-compatibility in 98 so that I can just leave XP for use
in those still odd moments where a program will only work in Win2K and
up.

They say there's a straw that breaks the camel's back and this is it.
Enough of XP's stupidities for every day. It'll not be gone, because
MS forces peopel to upgrade and so software follows suite, but since
most of the apps I use need only 98, then I'll be fine as once one
finds a program that works, upgrades are hardly ever necessary.

Thanks.
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Tweak UI did not work for me but the other method did. control
userpasswords2

Nobody hated XP more than I did when I switched to it from 98SE. I
thought about switching back but the more I played with XP the more I
learned to configure it to fit my needs. A lot of that I learned from
this newsgroup.

I don't run older programs and now that I'm used to XP I really like it.

For your older programs you might try the Compatibility Mode? Right
mouse click on the .exe file and select Properties and then click on the
Compatibility tab.

I was using an old version of Paint Shop Pro that I could not get to
work on XP even with the Compatibility Mode but I found a free program
that worked for me.

Please don't shoot the messenger.
 
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Thanks for the tip. I'm going to try the other method, too, as this
doesn't stick.
Nobody hated XP more than I did when I switched to it from 98SE. I
thought about switching back but the more I played with XP the more I
learned to configure it to fit my needs. A lot of that I learned from
this newsgroup.
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Yeah, but that's what I'm getting fed up with! As it is, to keep up
with everything one has to do with regards to Windows, period, makes
me feel like heading over to Mac. I've worked in the Mac environment
and despite the limitations there are because of the market not being
as wide so there isn't as much software available, it sure beats the
Windows headaches said:
I don't run older programs and now that I'm used to XP I really like it.
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Well, I know myself and I'm never going to like the loss of of a lot
of functionality in return for the small "gains". I'm not kidding
when I say that I still have to install the same dozen or so shell
extensions on XP that I did on 98SE. XP still doesn't have these
features so whenever I've gone to friends/family I've to work on their
systems, I install all of these old faithfuls each time that enhance
Explorer, etc. I might not have the technical knowledge you guys do
but I'm a super power user by virtue or all that I use. There is
little that I don't do on my computer, from greetings cards, to making
VCDs before (now DVDs), to running my finances, editing audio, making
short movie files, word processing, some flash work, pdf creation,
presentations, screensavers, etc., etc., the list is very long. At
last count, I had well over 2000+ programs backed up that I'd trialed
and that was about 4 years ago when I last happened to see that count.
I don't use all those programs and a lot were not always straight
programs but add-ons and enhancements to other programs, but it
represents the 3 to 15+ programs I try for each one I keep. My
current PROGRAMS partitions has 272 active program archives in it
(this is where I keep the original setup files and each one is in its
own folder with documentation and saved source webpages, etc.) I have
no time anymore to fiddle, fiddle, fiddle, fiddle as can be imagined.
For your older programs you might try the Compatibility Mode? Right
mouse click on the .exe file and select Properties and then click on the
Compatibility tab.
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Thanks! That's something new and if it works, might help when I use
XP. As soon as I have the time, I'll install 98SE on a partition and
toggle between the 2. I'll use 98SE as long as I can. I really miss
its straightforwardness but wanted to give XP a fair try. Not ready
to use it full time at all as I waste too much time trying to get it
to co-operate! XP thinks its boss, though, and insists that it knows
best. Not a happy state of affairs! said:
I was using an old version of Paint Shop Pro that I could not get to
work on XP even with the Compatibility Mode but I found a free program
that worked for me.
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My problem, the one I mentioned, is the other way. The only reason I
stayed with XP that came with this new computer is that some of the
new programs I've found recently only work from 2000 on. I have had
no problem with any of my other programs as they were made before XP
but they all work fine on it.
Please don't shoot the messenger.
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No, never!! <lol>
 
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