Possible to disable logon after hibernate in XP Home?

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I am nearly complete in setting up a homebrew PVR system with XP Home, but
have encountered a problem. I schedule my computer to start up right before
my TV programs are scheduled to run, and hibernate after my recording. My TV
software will not run unless it's actually displayed, which means login
screens will prevent it from showing up. In XP Pro, I was able to disable
the login screen from appearing when returning from hibernate (gpedit.msc,
User Configuration, Administrative Templates, System, Power Management,
"Prompt for password on resume from hibernate/suspend"). However, XP Home
doesn't seem to respect this regkey. The description of the setting states:
Requirements:
At least MS Windows XP Professional or Windows Server 2003 family

My question: does anybody know of any other way of disabling the logon
prompt upon returning from hibernate? I've already tried setting autologon
with TweakUI, but that only takes care of the initial login prompt. I had
this all working perfectly in XP Pro, and thought that XP Home would simplify
things. Seems a shame to have to switch back to Pro just because of this
feature.
(being energy conscious, I'd prefer not to leave the computer on 24/7).
 
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tim said:
I am nearly complete in setting up a homebrew PVR system with
XP
Home, but have encountered a problem. I schedule my computer
to
start up right before my TV programs are scheduled to run,
and
hibernate after my recording. My TV software will not run
unless
it's actually displayed, which means login screens will
prevent it
from showing up. In XP Pro, I was able to disable the login
screen
from appearing when returning from hibernate (gpedit.msc,
User
Configuration, Administrative Templates, System, Power
Management,
"Prompt for password on resume from hibernate/suspend").
However, XP
Home doesn't seem to respect this regkey. The description of
the
setting states: Requirements:
At least MS Windows XP Professional or Windows Server 2003
family

My question: does anybody know of any other way of disabling
the logon
prompt upon returning from hibernate? I've already tried
setting
autologon with TweakUI, but that only takes care of the
initial login
prompt. I had this all working perfectly in XP Pro, and
thought that
XP Home would simplify things. Seems a shame to have to
switch back
to Pro just because of this feature.
(being energy conscious, I'd prefer not to leave the computer
on
24/7).
Click to expand...

Try this,

Go to Control Panel and double click Power Options.
In Power Options, click on the Advanced tab.
Remove the check mark from the box next to "Prompt for password
when computer resumes from standby".
Click OK.

Good luck

Nepatsfan
 
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