Logon screen question

[kh707]

Am using XP Home edition. When I shut down the other night it said it was going to install updates which I let it do. Now when I boot up it gives me the logon screen. I am a single user and I absoluty hate that screen. I somehow fixed it before so that I didn't have the logon and it booted right to my desktop...but I can't remember how I did it. Any help out there for me? Thanks in advance

 

[linney]

You can also use the following steps to enable automatic logon without editing the registry in Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP Professional (not joined to a domain):
Click Start, and then click Run.
In the Open box, type control userpasswords2, and then click OK.
In the dialog box that appears, clear the Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer check box, and then click OK.

If on a Domain you have to go into the Registry.

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