XP Pro not prompting for an account name or password 1

[novellmel]

When my PC that has XP Pro is booted or re-booted, it is not prompting me for an account name or password. I have several accounts on my PC, so I want it to prompt for a password and an account name whenever it gets booted.

Does anyone have any ideas?

 

[Beer4meok]

Go to control panel/user accounts/change the way users log on or off/ uncheck the two boxes.

You should be prompted now to enter name and password.


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Dave

 

[novellmel]

I tried that. It didn't change anything. Neither of the 2 options under "Change the way users log on or logoff" are checked.

I checked the settings after re-booting, just to make sure the options were still unchecked. They were both unchecked, yet I did not get prompted for an account name and password!

 

[techant]

Make sure you are logged on under admin. then go to user accounts in control panel, on the advanced tab under security make sure the box is cheked for require users to press control alt delete.

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Cheers!!

 

[Beer4meok]

More info here,

http://www-tus.csx.cam.ac.uk/pc_support/WinXP/collegehome.html

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Dave

 

[novellmel]

Thanks, Beer4meok, that last tip did the trick! Here's what to do (on the printout I generated from the link, it's on pages 12 and 13):

Click "Start" - "Run" and then type "control userpasswords2".

Make sure that "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer" is checked! That box was not checked on the PC I was working on!