[nfbcs] Logon prompt

[Gary Wunder]

I have not but I think I have found a solution by using the Welcome screen 
rather than the Logon screen. I'll keep your message for good measure. 
Thanks.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Beth Hatch" <bhatch200 at comcast.net>
To: "'NFBnet NFBCS Mailing List'" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 11:14 AM
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Logon prompt


> Hello again Gary,
>
> Pardon me if you've already discussed this before.  Have you tried the
>
> control userpasswords2 command from the run box in order to turn off the
> control-alt-delete prompt and to turn off requiring a password for users
> that log into your computer?  There is a user tab and an advanced tab from
> within this command line utility that should do this for you.  If you've
> already tried this, let me know and we can look at other stuff to resolve
> it.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Wunder, Gary
> Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 9:25 AM
> To: NFBnet NFBCS Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Logon prompt
>
> It is disabled but I am still prompted to enter a password. There is no
> password but my account is listed as Gary. I am not seeing an option to
> eliminate the password which might just let me logon without a prompt 
> after
> pressing the on button.
>
> Gary
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Beth Hatch
> Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 9:00 AM
> To: 'NFBnet NFBCS Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Logon prompt
>
> Hi Gary,
>
> Since guest is a built-in account, I don't think you can delete it,  but 
> you
> can disable it in group policy or via the account management facilities in
> computer management I believe.
>
>
>
> Take care,
>
> Beth
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Wunder, Gary
> Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 6:28 AM
> To: NFBnet NFBCS Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Logon prompt
>
> It looks like I have two accounts - Gary and Guest. It is not obvious to 
> me
> how to delete Guest so there will be no choice. Thanks though. It gives me 
> a
> place to work.
>
> I'll also look for that checkbox.
>
> Gary
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of slery
> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 10:28 PM
> To: 'NFBnet NFBCS Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Logon prompt
>
> In XP, go to control panel, and then user accounts. Select the user 
> account
> you want and open it. Some where in there is the option for setting a
> password. I am pretty sure that it is a check box and if un-checked it
> ignores the password box. You probably have to restart for the changes to
> take effect.
>
> If that doesn't actually solve the problem, then check to see if you have
> created other user accounts. If you have, then you have to delete those so
> that you only have the one user account. Any time you have more than one, 
> it
> will always require you to select which user you want to use irregardless 
> of
> needing a password. For instance, my father's computer is setup with three
> users, his and mine have passwords because we are administrators. My 
> mothers
> does not have a password but she still has to select her account when she
> wants to use the computer.
>
> If you are using Vista, I am not fluent in that but it should again be 
> under
> user accounts some where.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Cindy
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gary Wunder
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 9:26 PM
>> To: nfbcs
>> Subject: [nfbcs] Logon prompt
>>
>>
>> I have been messing with my computer and have gotten myself into a
>> fix. I want my computer to come up without prompting for userid and
>> password but something I changed this evening shows my name and
>> prompts for a password. Blank is fine but it requires user
>> intervention. How do I get back to having the computer completely boot
>
>> and connect to the internet without my intervention other than to
>> restart it?
>>
>> Gary
>>
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