Logging on to Vista

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Newtechie

Where's the option to 'Change the way users log on and off" like it is in
XP? Everytime I boot the computer, it shows the users. I want it to go
directly to the desktop. I have the only account on the computer and I do
have the guest account enabled because of networking it with XP.

Thanks in advance,
newtechie
 
There are probably other ways to do this as well.

You can do this with the secpol tool or the Windows Security Policy Editor.

In runbox type "secpol.msc" and lose the quotes or click start, Control
Panel, System Maintenance, Administrative Tools, local Security
Policy>continue with the UAC prompt>

In the Local Security Policy editor you will see two panes, one on the left
with tree-view navigation and one on the right which will have the actual
definitions and items to edit. On the left hand side, expand (either by
clicking on the arrow or double clicking) the "Local Policies" section, and
then click on "Security Options". On the right hand side, scroll down until
you see "Interactive logon: Do not display last user name". Double click on
this entry and you will be presented with a dialog box that has two
options - "Enabled" and "Disabled", with Disabled being selected as default.
Change this setting to "Enabled", and then click on the OK button.

After double clicking “Interactive logon: Do not require CTRL+ALT+DEL”
select the Disable option and hit OK. Next, close the Local Security Policy
editor, as you are done. Log off. When you are prompted by a request to
press CTRL-ALT-DEL do so, and you will get the classic style logon screen.

or

1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.
2. Click the Winlogon subkey at the following registry location:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
3. Click Edit, click New, and then click DWORD value.
4. To change the value name, type DisableCAD, and then press ENTER.
5. Keep the data value set to 0. The data value set appears as
0x00000000(0).

Good luck,

CH
 
Newtechie--

This will also work.

Set a restore point and backup the registry via File>Export>Lower left radio
button "whole registry">save to most convenient place (desktop and drag to
folder of your choice).

This regedit also should allow you to go directly to desktop:

Open your registry and find the key below.

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

To do this: Right click Winlogon>Click New>String Value and name it
"ForceAutoLogon" without quotes>Set it to equal "1" to force automatic
logons or "0" to allow alternate users.

Restart Windows for the change to take effect.

CH
 
Start>Help and Support then type "Change the way users log on and off", and
scroll down the list of help topics to "What is the Welcome Screen." In the
text it says,

"In Windows XP, the Welcome screen could be turned on or off. In this
version of Windows, the Welcome Screen can't be turned off. Fast User
Switching is turned on by default."

I hope this and Chad's solutions help.
 
Hi Colin,

This is really strange because I swear it never happened before. I'm 100%
sure I never got that screen until I enabled the guest account. I'll now
look into Chad's suggestion.

Thank you guys for responding.

Newtechie
 
Hi Colin,

This is really strange because I swear it never happened before. I'm 100%
sure I never got that screen until I enabled the guest account. I'll now
look into Chad's suggestion.

Thank you guys for responding.

Newtechie
 
Hi Colin,

This is really strange because I swear it never happened before. I'm 100%
sure I never got that screen until I enabled the guest account. I'll now
look into Chad's suggestion.

Thank you guys for responding.

Newtechie
 
Chad,

It looks like your instructions are to give me a classic logon prompt. I
don't want any prompts to sign in whatsoever. I'm the only user on this pc
so I really don't need a password. I just wanna go directly to the desktop.

Thanks,
newtechie
 
Newtechie,

I understand you want to configure autologon feature. You can use User
Accounts applet to do that:

- Press "Windows Logo button" + R to open Run prompt.
- Type in "control userpasswords2" without quotes and press Enter.
- Under "Users for this computer..." select one you wich to autologon.
- Uncheck "Users must enter a user name and password..." checkbox.
- Click Apply. You will be prompted for a password for selected account.
- Fill in password, click OK twice, reboot.
 
As Jane C pointed out to me, you can follow the steps above using control
userpasswords2 and it will still go to the logon screen. She said it had
been fixed in later versions (I hope so)
 
Thanks Alexander! It works :-)

Alexander Suhovey said:
Newtechie,

I understand you want to configure autologon feature. You can use User
Accounts applet to do that:

- Press "Windows Logo button" + R to open Run prompt.
- Type in "control userpasswords2" without quotes and press Enter.
- Under "Users for this computer..." select one you wich to autologon.
- Uncheck "Users must enter a user name and password..." checkbox.
- Click Apply. You will be prompted for a password for selected account.
- Fill in password, click OK twice, reboot.
Click to expand...
 
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