Displaying password field automatically 1

[Ambatim]

I have Windows XP Professional SP2.
The welcome screen displays the user name and after I click on it, then it displays the password field.
How to make the welcome screen to display the password field automatically, without clicking on the user name ?

Thanks in advance
Mallik

 

[Enkrypted]

You would need to go into Control Panel>User Accounts and disable Fast User Switching.

That will prompt you will a username/password box automatically

Enkrypted
A+

 

[IllogicallyLogical]

You can also accomplish this using the Group Policy Editor. Go to Start >Run >type gpedit.msc and hit 'Enter'. When the Group Policy Editor opens, navigate to the following:

Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Logon

Find and enable the setting: "Always use classic logon"

Joey
CCNA, MCSA 2003, MCP, A+, Network+, Wireless#

 

[Ambatim]

Enkrypted:

I disabled the Fast User Switching.
But it didn't made password field to display automatically.


IllogicallyLogical:

THis disables the XP Welcome screen.
I don't want that.
I want the password field to be displayed automatically in the Welcome Screen.

Any Suggesstions ???

Thanks in advance
Mallik

 

[SimonDavies]

From MS.

To Enable or Disable the CTRL+ALT+DELETE Sequence

Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click User Accounts.

Click the Advanced tab.

In the Secure logon section, select or clear the Require users to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete check box.

Simon

The real world is not about exam scores, it's about ability.

 

[Ambatim]

Ctrl+Alt+Delete check box is already unchecked for me.


Thanks in advance
Mallik

 

[SimonDavies]

Are you running in a AD domain structure?

If you're not do you want to bypass entering a password entirely? You can still secure the pc but what it does mean is that whenever the machine is reset it would automatically log in but when a screen saver is activated for instance it would prompt for a password.

If you're happy with that scenario then do a google for tweakui and download it from MS (it's an MS Powertoy), in tweakui you have the ability to use autologin.

Simon

The real world is not about exam scores, it's about ability.

 

[Ambatim]

I have used tweakui. I don't want to use Autologin.

I just want the passward field to display automatically, without clicking on the user name. I used to have this feature enabled earlier. But I did a clean re-install of XP recently. Since then the Welcome screen, only displays the user name. I have to click on the user name to get the password field displayed.

Is there any way I can make the password field on the Welcome screen to be displayed automatically, without clicking on the user name.

Thanks in advance
Mallik

 

[smah]

If there's only 1 user account, the password field should immediately be active/focused. Are there multiple user accounts?

 

[linney]

Is the Guest Account turned on, or any other Account, besides your own being displayed on the Welcome Screen?

When you said that you had this working prior to a re-install, was that in an older ServicePack version of XP than you now have installed?

Login welcome screen

http://forum.soft32.com/win4/logon-screen-ftopict225003.html

 

[Ambatim]

I have only one account.
I tried the options given in the link. But no use.

I had the same version of ServicePack i.e SP2, prior to re-install too.

Thanks in advance
Mallik

 

[linney]

If you want to experiment with the Registry, you could try some of the MSKB articles about setting up Auto Login (or TweakUI) but leave out entering any Password (in the Registry) and see what happens? Maybe it will just interpret it as being a blank Password, or maybe it will open the Password box for you to enter your Password? If it just logs you on automatically with a blank Password, you could try changing your Password from blank and see if that leaves you at your desired position?

How to automatically log on to a user account in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;282866&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

315231 - How to turn on automatic logon in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315231&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

XP Home, Eliminate User Login requirement?
thread779-880540

305281 - The "Welcome" Logon Screen Does Not Appear

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305281&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

Automatic Logon to a Windows Machine (Windows NT/2000/XP)

http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/13/

How to implement autologon for WinXP
FAQ779-1381

 

[Subotica]

Try the following:

Open Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Local Security Policy
Double click "Local Policies", then click "Security Options"
Right click "Accounts: Guest account status", click "Properties", then set Guest account status to "disabled" and click "Apply" and "OK"

The password field should now be automatically displayed against your user id on the Welcome Screen.