heirloom
Mon Jan 05 18:45:19 CST 2004
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;152104
Summary
This article describes how to prevent Windows from prompting you for a
password when you start Windows.
Note that this information applies only if you are not using user profiles.
If you have user profiles enabled, and you follow the steps in this article,
Windows is not prevented from prompting you for a password. If you have
enabled user profiles and you would like to disable or delete them before
you follow these steps, view the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:
Q156826 How to Disable and Delete User Profiles
More Information
To prevent Windows from prompting you for a password at startup:
Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click
Network.
On the Configuration tab, click Windows Logon in the Primary Network Logon
box, and then click OK.
When you are prompted to restart your computer, click No.
In Control Panel, double-click Passwords.
On the Change Passwords tab, click Change Windows Password, select any of
the check boxes that you want, and then click OK.
NOTE: If you cancel the network logon dialog box when you start your
computer, the Change Passwords tab may not be available. You must log on so
that the Change Passwords tab is available.
In the Change Windows Password dialog box, type your current Windows
password in the Old Password box. Leave the New Password and Confirm New
Password boxes blank, click OK, and then click OK.
NOTE: If you have forgotten your old password, view the following article in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q189126 Microsoft's Policy Regarding Missing or Invalid Passwords
On the User Profiles tab, verify that the All users of this PC use the same
preferences and desktop settings option is selected, and then click Close.
Click Start, point to Search (or Find), and then click For Files or Folders.
Type *.pwl in the Named box, click Local Hard Drives in the Look in box, and
then press ENTER.
Right-click one of the .pwl files, click Rename, and then rename the file
with an .old file name extension. Repeat this step for each .pwl file.
NOTE: If you do not rename the .pwl files, the passwords from those files
may be detected by Windows and the Windows Logon request may continue to
appear.
Shut down and then restart your computer.
If you still receive a logon prompt, it may be caused by the TweakUI tool
from Windows 95 Power Toys. If you have installed Windows 95 Power Toys and
you are using the TweakUI tool, view the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:
Q135586 Hiding the Last Logged on User Name in Windows 95
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Heirloom, old and that's all I got
"Nita" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:036f01c3d3eb$767d14f0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Whenever I boot up my Windows Me system it askes me for a
> user name and password. I normally press esc and that
> fixs that. However, how can i disable that window before
> startup? I would like my system to bootup directly to my
> desktop.