XP Pro Startup 2

[Bgun]

Just installed XP Pro and everything works great except when starting the pc, it auto starts in the admin account
and when I log off it shows the users and requires a password to use one of the accounts. How can I keep the admin account from auto logon on startup.

 

[jrbarnett]

Set a password for the Admin account.

John

 

[Bgun]

It has one, if i log off the screen comes up with admin and user accounts, each one requires a password to logon, only when you start the pc it auto logs into the admin account.

 

[bcastner]

Start, Run, control userpasswords2
Place a check in the top box "Users must enter user name and password to use this computer."

 

[Bgun]

Ok, that now requires a password, however now if I log off of user1 the administrator account is not there. if I swithch user it only shows users not the administrator.

 

[Bgun]

If I use the windows logon window I can enter administrator and password to get in, if I log off I can log in as any user with password. But if I use the XP window showing all accounts and click the one to log onto the administrators acount is not there, nor can I log into it. Guess I'll just have to use the windows logon screen.
Thanks!!

 

[bcastner]

Enable Administrator on Welcome Screen

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_admin_ok.htm

 

[linney]

Here are some "Welcome Screen" MSKB articles.

281992 - Original Administrator Account Does Not Appear During Friendly Logon Method

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;281992&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

327918 - The Administrator Account Appears on the Welcome Logon Screen

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;327918&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

300433 - The "Administrator Logon" Dialog Box May Be Hidden Under the Welcome Screen or "The System Could Not Log You on" Message May Be Displayed

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;300433&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

282866 - How to automatically log on to a user account in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;282866

303594 - Joining Computer to Domain Causes "Friendly" User Interface to be Replaced by Classic View

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;303594&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

297221 - A User Account Does Not Appear in the User Accounts Tool (or Welcome Screen)

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;297221&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

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