Prompt to logon

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Claire

I am having a problem with two PCs running Windows XP
HOME. On booting up they are both requesting that you
select the user to log on to windows. This seems to have
only occurred since a friend signed on to Windows
Messenger.

There is only one user account on the PC and it does not
have a password associated with it. Fast Switching is
activated.

Any ideas?
 
Hello,
Go to control panel. Select User Accounts. Choose the user
whom you would like removed. From the choices on the left
choose delete.

I hope that helps.
Neil S>
 
Hi Neil,

there are three accounts - mine, guest (turned off) and
Administrator. I am only bing promted to select one
account when logging on, and it is my account.

Any ideas?

Regards,
Claire
 
I am having a problem with two PCs running Windows XP
HOME. On booting up they are both requesting that you
select the user to log on to windows. This seems to have
only occurred since a friend signed on to Windows
Messenger.

There is only one user account on the PC and it does not
have a password associated with it. Fast Switching is
activated.

Any ideas?
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The change happens when you install the .NET framework update. This adds an
account that is not shown on the Welcome screen but its existence causes
the stop at the welcome screen. That in turn requires you to click on your
user name to get to the desktop.

To get back to an autologon, you have a few choices:

o Use TweakUI for XP to set up autologon for your account. This approach is
good if you want to protect your account with a password against remote
access but do not want to type the password locally.

o Use Start> Run> control userpasswords2 Select your account name and
uncheck the box next to "users must enter a user name and password..."
Follow the onscreen prompts and click OK. If at any time you need to bypass
this autologon, press Shift before the welcome screen shows up and continue
to hold it until a logon prompt appears.
 
Is your account an administrator account. If no, go to Control Panel, User
Accounts and change your user account from Limited to Administrator. That
will take the hidden machine administrator account off the welcome screen
and if you have no password, you should go directly to the desktop.

If you don't go directly to the desktop, after logging on, go to Start, type
"control userpasswords2" in the run box and press enter. On the Users tab,
clear the check from "Users Must Enter A User Name And Password To Use This
Computer" and click OK.
 
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