XP Startup

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I have Welcome to Windows screen toggled off. only myself
and Administrator as accounts, no password set on my
account, a password set on Administrator account, myself
also defined as an administrator. Then I boot up. A
screen appears with the box 1st line "Logon user
Administrator", 2nd line "Password .....", with that box
overwritten with box saying "Logon failed because of
account restriction". I must then click on X to get rid of
those boxes so a box blank "Logon user" box come up for me
to fill in. Windows then comes up.

If I have Welcome to Windows toggled on, the same thing
happens except its impossible to see or respond to
the "Logon failed box", resulting in a hang on the Welcome
screen.

What's the problem? Why is it trying to log the
Administrator on? Why can't it?
 
Sounds like the machine is configured for Autologon and the password has
changed since. Check the below article and the registry settings referenced.

315231.KB.EN-US How to Enable Automatic Logon in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315231

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P.Cress said:
I have Welcome to Windows screen toggled off. only myself
and Administrator as accounts, no password set on my
account, a password set on Administrator account, myself
also defined as an administrator. Then I boot up. A
screen appears with the box 1st line "Logon user
Administrator", 2nd line "Password .....", with that box
overwritten with box saying "Logon failed because of
account restriction". I must then click on X to get rid of
those boxes so a box blank "Logon user" box come up for me
to fill in. Windows then comes up.

If I have Welcome to Windows toggled on, the same thing
happens except its impossible to see or respond to
the "Logon failed box", resulting in a hang on the Welcome
screen.

What's the problem? Why is it trying to log the
Administrator on? Why can't it?
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Another option other than Darren's, which is good, is to install TweakUI.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp
With TweakUI you can set autologon to automatically log to your account.
Then there won't be a welcome screen or dialog box.

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a lot of times when you update windows xp there is
the .net service update that is often installed. once
this .net service is installed it creates a kind
of "virtual" user on the computer and prompts for a
password everytime you logon to windows. if you do not
use this service i reccomend checking in your control
panel/add remove programs to see if you have the .net
service installed and if so uninstall it. this might
help take care of your problem. if you do not have
the .net service installed or you uninstall and the
problem persists, try backing up anything of importance
you have added since your computer starting doing this
and try using the system restore feature to revert the
hard disc back to before the problem started. then
reload the things over again and pay careful attention to
see if and when the problem begins again, this might help
you to figure out just what might be causing the
problem. if all else fails and the problem continues try
a clean install of windows and start from scratch. i
know its a pain but sometimes it can make all the
difference in the world.
 
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