XP Pro Automatic Logon

[Guest]

I was pondering the idea of having all my manufacture tooling guys login on
automatically to there computer. Currently i have a SBS 2003 network and all
my machine in my tooling area are XP pro SP2. Currently they have to logon
with a user name and password. I was wondering if there was a way to have
them automatically log on as the computer turns on? So that when they start a
new day they turn the PC on and may walk away without having to log on there
user name and password. Is there such a way?

 

[Nightowl]

I was pondering the idea of having all my manufacture tooling guys login on
automatically to there computer. Currently i have a SBS 2003 network and all
my machine in my tooling area are XP pro SP2. Currently they have to logon
with a user name and password. I was wondering if there was a way to have
them automatically log on as the computer turns on? So that when they start a
new day they turn the PC on and may walk away without having to log on there
user name and password. Is there such a way?

Hello LMI

Yes, there is.

Go to Start > Run and type in:
control userpasswords2 <ok>

In the box that pops up click on the name of the user you want to
automatically log on (you won't see anything happen).

Uncheck the box that says: "Users must enter a user name. . . " and hit
Apply.

A dialog box will pop up with the user's name already typed in it. Give
the password as requested and then OK twice to get out, and you're done


Hope this helps.


P.S. If another user should want to log on to the computer, hold down
Shift as the computer boots up and it will ask for ID as normal.

 

[Guest]

There is no box to uncheck. This user is on a SBS 2003 network however i
can;t see a box that says "User must enter a user name" Any suggestions.