dexterdoo Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 When I turn on the computer it stops at the Welcome screen and has one name, Administrator. I click on it (no password needed) and the computer starts normally. Then I decided I wanted to bypass the Welcome screen and instead boot right into Windows XP Pro. So I did control userpasswords2, unchecked “users must enter a username and password”, clicked the “Advanced” tab and made sure “requires user to press cntrl+alt+del” was unchecked, then went to “User Accounts” and unchecked “Use the Welcome screen” and clicked “Apply Options”.Then when I rebooted the computer it stopped at the welcome screen again (the very thing I was trying to bypass) and asked for the Administrator password!!! When I clicked on the icon like before it kept telling me the password was wrong when there never was a password before? I don’t get it?? I didn’t need a password before so why do I need one now?? I’ve done this on many computers before and never had this happen. Fortunately for me this was a spare computer of mine (and not someone elses) so I could reload Windows from a backup I had without having someone really p***ed at me! Where did I go wrong in this process? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 I can't see anywhere were you went wrong if your described steps are correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponch Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 In my experience, with XP Pro, if you only have 1 account (the built-in administrator?) and no password, it should not even have shown the welcome screen at first.So was it a standard XP install or from a modded cd ? Was the computer (ever) in a domain ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allen2 Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 To my knowledge, when using the ctrl+alt+del interface instead of the welcome screen it will always ask for at least enter unless you enable autologon and sysinternals made a simple utility to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexterdoo Posted July 11, 2012 Author Share Posted July 11, 2012 Yes, the steps described are exactly what I did and have done many times. The machine was never in a domain and the install was not from a "modded" cd. I think I'll experiment with this a bit more (on a test machine, of course)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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