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I have learned (from here) how to get XP to boot w/o asking for a user id password. Problem is that I run with the system on all of the time and just have it hibernate after an hour of no activity. When I press the power button, it comes up and asks for my uid and password. Is there a way to remove this requirement as well

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Skiph
 
Skiph said:
I have learned (from here) how to get XP to boot w/o asking for a
user id password. Problem is that I run with the system on all of the
time and just have it hibernate after an hour of no activity. When I
press the power button, it comes up and asks for my uid and password.
Is there a way to remove this requirement as well?
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Control Panel -> Display
Screensaver tab
Make sure the checkbox to password protect (or show welcome screen) is
unchecked. Then click on the "Power" button.
Under the "Advanced" tab, uncheck "Prompt for password...", click OK. Click
OK.
 
As my hero would say, "D'oh!".

That was just too obvious, I feel silly.

Really want to thank your for your help. I am new to XP and think I am going to be spending a lot of time here.

Again, thanks.

Skip Horni
 
Skiph said:
As my hero would say, "D'oh!".

That was just too obvious, I feel silly.

Really want to thank your for your help. I am new to XP and think I
am going to be spending a lot of time here.

Again, thanks.

Skip Horni
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heh - no problem..

Some general advice:

Turn on that firewall...
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/home/using/howto/homenet/icf.asp
If you are getting "Messenger Service" popups - this will also remedy those.
(If you have AOL, you *MAY* have to get a third party firewall. Supposedly
rumor has it AOL 9.0 may work fine with the firewall built into XP. I
recommend (either way) getting a third party firewall like Zone Alarm and
learning to configure it.)

Make sure you have all the updates (critical) installed from:
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
(Scan for updates, Review and Install)

Get rid of the spy/ad/mal-ware..
(Yes - using MORE than one of these.. I recommend at least the first
three.)

Spybot Search and Destroy
http://www.safer-networking.org/

Lavasoft AdAware
http://www.lavasoft.de

Hijack This!
(For browser Hijacks - also look into CWS Shredder)
http://mjc1.com/mirror/hjt/

SpywareBlaster (to help prevent getting reinfected)
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/

And Assortment of Others:
http://www.merijn.org/downloads.html

After you cleanup your PC somewhat of spy/ad/mal-ware, verify your antivirus
software is updated and run a full scan of your computer. If you have no
antivirus software - get one NOW!
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php

Empty your Temporary Internet Files and shrink the size it stores to about
80-120MB..
- Open ONE copy of Internet Explorer.
- Select TOOLS -> Internet Options.
- Under the General tab in the "Temporary Internet Files" section, do the
following:
- Click on "Delete Cookies" (click OK)
- Click on "Settings" and change the "Amount of disk space to use:" to
something between 80MB and 120MB. (Betting it is MUCH larger right now.)
- Click OK.
- Click on "Delete Files" and select to "Delete all offline contents"
(the checkbox) and click OK. (If you had a LOT, this could take 2-10 minutes
or more.)
- Once it is done, click OK, close Internet Explorer, re-open Internet
Explorer.

Uninstall any software you do not use often/ever. (If you have something
installed but never use it, uninstall it. If you go through Control
Panel -> Add/Remove Programs and see things you seldom if ever use, it is to
your advantage to remove it.)

You may also want to consider getting a few "Powertoys" from Microsoft to
tweak your system.. I suggest at least looking into "TweakUI" from
Microsoft. It can be gotten from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp
 
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