Hexed by the Network Wizard

[Lin33]

Hi! I'm running 2K Pro on my home machine - one user, no network. I was practicing for a test and went a few steps into the Network Identification Wizard - just to see! - you know... On the first screen the Workgroup option is selected, the next has the home use option, and the third has me as the only user. I decided not to go any further, so I clicked what I thought was CANCEL but of course it turned out to be CLOSE. And now I get a logon screen at every boot, when I had so meticulously avoided it on installation of the OS.

So I thought - no problem - there must be a way to undo the Wizard's Wizardly ways, but I can't seem to find any info at all on this!

Does anyone have any inside information on how to do this?

Thanks!

Lin33

 

[Tbarney]

Get into Control Panel, double click Users and Passwords icon. uncheck "users must enter a user name and password to use this computer" Click on apply, go from there....

 

[Lin33]

Thanks, Tbarney. Actually, it didn't ask for a password. Apparently the only reason Windows gave me that sign-on screen was because I only went 2/3 of the way through the wizard. I went back and finished it (As a standalone machine with one user) and it went back to the disappearing logon screen I had before!

TYhat was almost too easy. But thank you anyhow. I once had a problem with the password, and I had to go into Users and Passwords and toggle the "Users must enter a password" checkbox off and on, and then it was back to normal.

Have a good day!

Lin33

 

[Newposter]

"users must enter a user name and password to use this computer".

I had my Win2K machine set up so as not to prompt for login, and only had the default Administrator and guest accounts (guest disabled). I added my own account with admin powers and it started prompting for login. I deleted the account and unchecked the above-mentioned box, hit Apply and OK, but it still prompts me to log into the Administrator account on rebooting. Would like to disable this, would love it if it did what it was set to, but c'est la vie with Bill Gates...

 

[Lin33]

Go to the Network Identification Wizard. (Right click My Computer > Network ID tab > Network ID button to get the Wizard.) Click Next. Select the "This computer is for home use" radio button. Click Next. Select, the "Windows always assumes this user is logged on" radio button and leave it as Administrator, (or in your case, I guess it's your own name), with no password typed in. Then click Next and click Finish and reboot. It should get rid of that logon box for you.

I've created 2 or 3 user accounts in the Administrator's group, all with no passwords, just in case. I locked myself out once, and it's no fun. If that happens (IE: if it expects a non-existant password), you can just type another Admin's name in the logon box if you get one.

I guess the trick is to harness the Wizard's powers for the good of mankind!

 

[tlcscousin]

Also after it is setup this way if at any time you need to logon as administrator, you can by hitting ctrl+alt+del select logoff while holding down the shift key. This will allow logging off and on as administrator to do any changes needed and when you reboot the computer it will resume the previous autologon.

 

[Newposter]

How about this snafu? A month ago I accidentally got it to prompt for Administrator logon by experimenting with the Network Identification Wizard (I was trying to share cable internet connection using 2 PCs and crossover ethernet cable). Despite having a blank Administrator password, it refused to let me in without an (unknown) password. After 2 days of being locked out, I was about to erase and start over, when I tried my BIOS password for the heck of it at Windows logon. It worked! Windows plucked my BIOS password out for use at Windows logon, even though I had had a blank Administrator password!

 

[Lin33]

Newposter - "Bios password"? I wonder if I have one... I never set one...

I did the exact same thing. Thank God there were 2 administrator accounts. I logged in with the other one, which didn't prompt me for a password, and went to "Users and Passwords" in Control Panel and CHECKED the "Users must use password" checkbox and hit "Apply". Then I went back and "UNCHECKED" it and hit apply, and the problem was solved. Doesn't seem to make much sense, but it worked.

Futuretech - I'm dying to try that ctr-alt-del thing, but I'm skeered! When you get locked out, all that separation anxiety must cause gray hair - I'm sure of it!