# Needless clicking on start-up

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/needless-clicking-on-start-up/162943>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [September 17, 2005, 11:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/needless-clicking-on-start-up/162943 "2005-09-17T23:33:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![NeoDreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ccd318/32.png) [@NeoDreamer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NeoDreamer)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 11:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/needless-clicking-on-start-up/162943/1 "2005-09-17T23:33:42Z")

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**needless click 1**  
I went to a Linux install fest at college. A bunch of nerds tried to install Linux on my laptop but it failed horribly. Now upon starting up the computer, I get this black screen with some complicated text. I need to click Esc key in order to start Window’s XP. How do I just start XP automatically?

**needless click 2**  
For some reason, I now have to click my user name on the Win XP start-up screen before I can type in my password. Before, it was automatically focused on the text box.