Changing default logon

[bludtaino]

I just did my first unattended install of XP and now, each time I restart my computer, it restarts in the Admin logon instead of just the Welcome screen (which would be great) or my primary user account (which would be great as well).

I tried to do a search, and I ended up getting things relating to how many times it should autologon.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

Namaste

[kegobeer]

Exactly what is your question? Do you want to stop the autologon process? If so, you can disable the autologon thru your group policy addin (I believe that's the one.) I don't recall the exact key to change, sorry.

[JRosenfeld]

XP pro or XP home?

The reason for asking is that home does not have the group policy editor, and the procedure is different.

[bludtaino]

XP Pro.

I would like to not log into Admin by default. I would prefer to go to the welcome screen and choose, but if not, I can go straight into my primary user account. I have no idea how to utilize the Group Policy Service.

Thanks in advance.

[kegobeer]

My mistake, it isn't the group policy, it's a registry key.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]

"AutoAdminLogon"="0"

Setting autoadminlogon to 0 will stop the auto login process.

Edited October 15, 2005 by kegobeer

[bludtaino]

That worked fabulously. Thanks again.

It did, however, lead to an additional question . . .

When chaning that setting, I noticed a registry entry marked "DefaultUserName" & "DefaultPassword". The first one has a value of "Administrator" and the second has a value of my Administrator password. Would it be safe to either delete these keys or change their values to zero?

Thank you again.

[daz23]

Here's another sugestion. Type "control userpasswords2" in the run box. This will allow you to select a user and make that user log-in automatically. This should also modify the "DefaultUserName" & "DefaultPassword" registry keys.