XP Question

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OK so I’m a self confessed hater of XP but for testing purposes I will keep it on one PC.

My Question is, when I boot it up it stops at the User password stage. You don’t have to type anything just hit enter.

How do I avoid this nag screen so on boot up it goes straight to my desktop?

Thanx in advance

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well it must be something in user acounts

go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > User Accounts and choose whichever account you want to set up…just check the settings in there

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yeah cause it is set to promp you. you could just open the start menu then double click the top part, that will do the same thing.

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Thanx for trying.
Sadly nothing seems to work :frowning:

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try adding a password then removing it…i remember in win ME
it said something like press ok to enter no password or enter a password and it would go away if you simply entered nothing and pressed okay, in xp tho, try going to User Accounts then adding a password, then removing it…it might take it away

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Well nothing seems to work.
I guess I shall just have to live with it.

It will be a nice reminder that I HATE XP!! :angry:

Thanx for the input

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Tweak UI
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

there’s an option to login automatically

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Gracias

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you should try windows help sometimes

HOW TO: Automatically Log On a User Account in Windows XP
The information in this article applies to:
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

IN THIS TASK
SUMMARY

Requirements
Make the Welcome Screen Available
Turn Off Guest Account Access
Remove the Password from a User Account
SUMMARY
This article describes how to automatically log on a user account during the Windows startup process.

NOTE: This process only works if the computer is not joined to a domain.
Requirements

The Welcome screen must be available
Guest account access must be turned off
There must be only one user account on the computer
The user account must not have a password

Make the Welcome Screen Available
To make the Welcome screen available:
Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click User Accounts.
Click Change the way users log on or off.
Click to select the Use the Welcome screen for fast and easy logon check box.
Click OK.

Turn Of Guest Account Access
To turn off Guest account access:
Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click User Accounts.
Click the Guest account.
Click Turn off Guest access.

Remove the Password from a User Account
To remove the password from a user account:
Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click User Accounts.
Click the user account.
Click Remove my password.
Type the password in the Type your current password box, and then click Remove Password

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Windows Help was the first place I tried but it didn’t resolve the problem.

I’m sure Tweak UI will work.

Thanx again for all the help.