XP Welcome Screen required to click the only user name...

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Timber

If I have only one user account on the XP Welcome Screen, how can I make it
so that I don't need to click the user in order to enter the password. I
want the password box opened automatically and awaiting the password to be
typed without needing to mouse over to the user and click. This slows me
down because I suspend and log back in frequently.

The behaviour I'm looking for *IS* the default behaviour on a fresh install
of XP (once I create a password for the account), but gets changed at some
point (I believe after sharing the first folder or printer in File and
Printer Sharing) and I don't know how to set it back.

I've tried the User Accounts Control Panel applet, the "Run / Commands
UserPasswords2" option, turning F&PS off, and searched just about everywhere
I can think of for an answer. I've noticed this behaviour for many years
through several re-installs of XP.

I'm a home user with no domain.

I'd appreciate any help you can give. Thanks...Tim.
 
1) Click Start, Run and enter CONTROL USERPASSWORDS2
2) Select the user account you want automatically logged on (this avoids the Administrator account being selected by default)
3) Uncheck Users must enter username and password..........
4) Click Apply
5) In the next dialog, enter the password, if any, for the account you chose in Step 2
6) Ok your way out
 
Thanks, but I wasn't looking to auto-logon. I still want password
authentication, but as the only account on my system, I want the Welcome
Screen to open and automatically prompt for my password without needing to
mouse over (or track over on my laptop) and click. It's not the end of the
world - I'm just curious how to restore this functionality that has gone
missing somehow.

Tim.


1) Click Start, Run and enter CONTROL USERPASSWORDS2
2) Select the user account you want automatically logged on (this avoids the
Administrator account being selected by default)
3) Uncheck Users must enter username and password..........
4) Click Apply
5) In the next dialog, enter the password, if any, for the account you chose
in Step 2
6) Ok your way out
 
Then open CONTROL USERPASSWORDS2 and check the box Require users to enter a username and password.
 
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