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Log on Automatically to WinXP

The following are different startup options for automatically logging on to different users automatically.

 

Turn ON automatic logon in Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition and in Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Turn OFF automatic logon in Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition and in Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Use Registry Editor to automatic logon and add your log on information

Use Registry Editor to stop automatic logon

Bypass the automatic logon temporarily for another user to logon

Turn ON startup welcome screen with username icons

Turn OFF startup welcome screen with username icons

 

 

 

 

You can turn ON automatic logon in Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition and in Microsoft Windows XP Professional

  1. Click Start, and then click Run.
  2. In the Open box, type control userpasswords2, and then click OK.
  3. Clear the "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer" check box, and then click Apply.
  4. In the Automatically Log On window, type the username you want to log on to automatically and enter the password in the Password box, and then retype the password in the Confirm Password box. If you dont have a password leave the password boxes empty.

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You can turn OFF automatic logon in Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition and in Microsoft Windows XP Professional

  1. Click Start, and then click Run.
  2. In the Open box, type control userpasswords2, and then click OK.
  3. Put a tick in "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer" check box, and then click Apply.

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You can use Registry Editor to automatic logon and add your log on information

  1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
  2. Locate the following registry key:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
  3. Using your account name and password, double-click the DefaultUserName entry, type your user name, and then click OK.
  4. Double-click the DefaultPassword entry, type your password under the value data box, and then click OK.
    If there is no DefaultPassword value, create the value. To do this, follow these steps:
    1. In Registry Editor, click Edit, click New, and then click String Value
    2. Type AutoAdminLogon as the value name, and then press ENTER.
    3. Double-click the newly created key, and then type 1 in the Value Data box.
    4. If no DefaultPassword string is specified, Windows XP automatically changes the value of the AutoAdminLogon registry key from 1 (true) to 0 (false) to turn off the AutoAdminLogon feature.
  5. Double-click the AutoAdminLogon entry, type 1 in the Value Data box, and then click OK. If there is no AutoAdminLogon entry, create the entry. To do this, follow these steps:
    1. In Registry Editor, click Edit, click New, and then click String Value
    2. Type AutoAdminLogon as the value name, and then press ENTER
    3. Double-click the newly created key, and then type 1 in the Value Data box.
  6. Quit Registry Editor

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You can use Registry Editor to stop automatic logon

  1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK
  2. Locate the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
  3. Double-click the AutoAdminLogon entry, type 0 in the Value Data box, and then click OK.
  4. Exit the registry

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Bypass the automatic logon temporarily for another user to logon

If you want to bypass the automatic logon to log on as a different user, hold down the SHIFT key after you log off or after Windows XP restarts. Note that this procedure applies only to the first logon. To enforce this setting for future logoffs, the administrator must set the following registry key:  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

Value:ForceAutoLogon
Type: REG_SZ
Data: 1

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Turn ON startup welcome screen with username icons

  1. Start comp and tap F8 while starting up to start in safe mode
  2. Click Start, then settings, then open control panel
  3. Click on user accounts.
  4. Click on change the way users log on and off and put a tick in both boxes then hit apply and restart the comp

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Turn OFF startup welcome screen with username icons

  1. Start comp and tap F8 while starting up to start in safe mode
  2. Click Start, then settings, then open control panel
  3. Click on user accounts
  4. Click on change the way users log on and off and take the tick out of both boxes then hit apply and restart the comp

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