Automatically Log On a User Account in Windows XP

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Automatically Log On a User Account in Windows XP

This article describes how to automatically log on a user account during the Windows startup process.

Note: This process only works if the computer is not joined to a domain.

Requirements

• The Welcome screen must be available.
• Guest account access must be turned off.
• There must be only one user account on the computer.
• The user account must not have a password.

Make the Welcome Screen Available To make the Welcome screen available:
Click Start > Control Panel > User Accounts.
Click Change the way users log on or off.
Click to select the Use the Welcome screen for fast and easy logon check box.
Click OK.
Turn Off Guest Account Access To turn off Guest account access:
Click Start > Control Panel > User Accounts.
Click the Guest account.
Click Turn off Guest access.
Remove the Password from a User Account To remove the password from a user account:
Click Start > Control Panel > User Accounts.
Click the user account.
Click Remove my password.
Type the password in the Type your current password box, and then click Remove Password.