[nfbcs] Logon prompt

Wed Jul 15 19:31:07 UTC 2009

Hello again Gary,

I'm glad your computer is back to the way you want it.-:)  They always told
us in my networking classes to disable the guest account and to instead make
users for the people who need to use the computer.  There are some security
issues with leaving the guest account enabled.  From what I remember from my
textbooks, I think the guess account is disabled by default, at least for XP
Pro.  I think XP home is a bit different, but since I don't have that here I
can't say.  But since you don't need to worry about that, it's not a concern
for you.  I think the command line utility I gave you will also allow you to
prevent the welcome screen from coming up as well, you just need to make the
password blank and then I think you won't be asked for a password.  Then if
you disable the "press control-alt-delete" screen, I think it will just do
what you want on boot-up.  A friend of mine mentioned this utility to me
after I was playing with one of my computers and did something--I don't know
what--and I had to use this utility to fix my computer.

Take care and thank you for your kind message.

Beth 

-----Original Message-----
From: nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Gary Wunder
Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 12:42 PM
To: NFBnet NFBCS Mailing List
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Logon prompt

Hi Beth. You are absolutely correct. What I wanted to do was be able to
press the button on my computer and have it immediately boot up into Windows
without the need to be prompted for userid or password since I am the only
user. I did get this to work by changing the logon window to the welcome
screen. I agree that it is impossible to delete the Guest account, but it is
possible to disable it. I don't know whether this is a necessary step in
doing what I want to do or not, but since I don't have any guests using the
machine, it seems prudent to do.

Thank you so much for all of your help. I appreciate it very much.

Warmest regards,

Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: "Beth Hatch" <bhatch200 at comcast.net>
To: "'NFBnet NFBCS Mailing List'" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 10:42 AM
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Logon prompt

> Hello Gary and all,
>
> I was playing with my XP pro computer here to try to delete the guest
> account.  I also checked out the Microsoft knowledge base on this topic as
> well.  I went into Computer Management from Administrative tools and
> right-clicked on the guest account.  As I mentioned in my previous 
> message,
> Microsoft wouldn't allow me to delete the guest account.  I got a message
> stating that I could not delete the guest account.  You can disable this
> account if you want.
>
> I guess I missed part of this discussion, Gary.  Am I correct that you 
> want
> to get rid of the log-in prompt in Windows?  Is the guest account keeping
> you from disabling the log-in account somehow?
>
> Sorry I couldn't be of more help.
>
> Beth
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Gary Wunder
> Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 8:57 AM
> To: NFBnet NFBCS Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Logon prompt
>
> Hi my friend. I am using XP Pro.
>
> Gary
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacobson at visi.com>
> To: "NFBnet NFBCS Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 8:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Logon prompt
>
>
>> Gary,
>>
>> If you are using XP, be aware of the fact that the user accounts dialog 
>> is
>
>> a little unusual.  Tabbing doesn't get you to all links and options.  You
>> have to explore it
>> with the arrow keys.  Particularly, use the up and down arrows.  You
>> should be able to delete the "guest" account if you want to without too
>> much trouble, but it can
>> be tricky to find.  It might be called "removing" rather than deleting.
>> If you tell me which operating system you are using, I can try to check 
>> it
>
>> out at home and be
>> more specific.  It varies a little between XP Pro and XP Home, and I 
>> don't
>
>> know anything about Vista.  My work machine still has a Windows 2000 look
>> so it isn't of
>> much help.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Steve Jacobson
>>
>> On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:28:01 -0500, Wunder, Gary wrote:
>>
>>>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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