WIN2k: auto-login

**rh71** · June 8th, 2002, 01:16 PM

Can't for the life of me remember how to set it to auto-login with the one and only account (Administrator renamed) on this machine.

Tried system properties, startup and recovery, network properties, etc.

WIN2k help (I actually tried using it) didn't help...

Direction please?

**GroundZero3** · June 8th, 2002, 01:23 PM

go into the control panel then click users and passwords

then unclick users must enter a password.

or you can have tweakui do it for you

**rh71** · June 8th, 2002, 01:25 PM

Hmm... I only see Guests in there.. which is disabled. How come it won't show my Administrator account ?

Whoops nevermind. Once I unchecked the box, it let me type in which account to use. Thx!

**NDC** · June 8th, 2002, 01:55 PM

1. Go to Run and type cmd .

2. Type control userpasswords
and a "User Accounts" window will open.

3. Highlight the account you would like to auto logon and uncheck the "User must enter a user name and password to use this computer"...

**GroundZero3** · June 8th, 2002, 02:07 PM

awsome thanks NDC i didn't know that!

**NDC** · June 8th, 2002, 02:37 PM

For Windows XP, it's almost the same. Only difference is that you would type control userpasswords2.

**GroundZero3** · June 8th, 2002, 02:47 PM

whats the difference between typing and going thru the control panel?

or is there even a difference?

**ironforge** · June 8th, 2002, 05:43 PM

hehe i prefer passworded login

that way nobody is gonna jimmy my computer

**rh71** · June 8th, 2002, 11:08 PM

thanx guys. There isn't a difference in using command line to get to the same interface... it just makes you cooler

And I can show off to others now too... hehe.

**edwelly** · June 9th, 2002, 02:05 AM

it just makes you cooler

I feel like such a hacker when I use command promt. I try to use it more than anything else. my favorite thing to do is when you ar trying to delete something within windows and it won't let you, then you boot in MS-Dos and delete it from there. man, I love doing that. Take that Windows...
---edwelly