From: John Cuccia 

Yep.  I have no experience with XP Pro, however, so don't know what MS may
have changed.

On Thu, 1 May 2003 16:52:09 -0500, "David Blair"
 wrote:

>I thought of that, but it would still require clicking the
"connect" button.
>This SHOULD just "be there" for her at startup, as it is on
my machines.
>
>
>"John Cuccia"  wrote in message
>news:8u43bvs54a1i2hch0mrdo47gkgdl26ffje{at}4ax.com...
>> Can you drop the icon into the Startup folder?
>>
>> On Thu, 1 May 2003 16:17:42 -0500, "David Blair"
>>  wrote:
>>
>> >No, it's a PPPoE connection. It's the exact same as the setup I have on
>this machine Same ISP (for the next 24 hours...)
>> >
>> >The ethernet interface should work that way.
>> >
>> >
>> >  "Rich"  wrote in message
news:3eb185cb$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >     It sounds like you created a PPP or VPN connection.  Some
DSL modems
>work this way and require the client computer to establish the connection.
>This is in contrast to some modems which establish the ISP connection on
>their own and expose an ethernet interface to the client.
>> >
>> >     Windows XP will automatically log in the user when there is one
>account other than Administrator and Guest and that account has no password.
>It doesn't automatically log in accounts with a password.  The mechanism to
>support doing this, which was present in earlier Windows releases, may still
>exist.  I never used it myself so I don't know if it's still around.
>> >
>> >  Rich
>> >
>> >    "David Blair"  wrote
in message
>news:3eb183bb{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >    I've set up a zillion network and internet connections on Windows. I
>set
>> >    another up today, but this one acts differently, and I'm baffled.
>> >
>> >    The machine has Windows XP Professional. It's on a friend's PC. It
>doesn't
>> >    have SP1 on it yet. The ISP (SBC/Yahoo- WARNING! Avoid them!!!
>IDIOTS!
>> >    IDIOTS!) was no help since I wasn't using their "Clog
yous system
>with crap"
>> >    install.
>> >
>> >    I used the XP connections wizard, as I have on my XP machines here,
>and it
>> >    went about creating the connection as normal, but instead
of creating
>the
>> >    connection where when she starts the machine it is automatically
>connected
>> >    to the internet whenever she "signs" in, she has
to clink the icon on
>the
>> >    desktop and start up like a modem session. I recreated the
connection
>3
>> >    times and it made no difference.
>> >
>> >    I followed the same process I used every time I created a session on
>my
>> >    other machines, and I don't know WHAT is different.
>> >
>> >    I have to have missed something very obvious here. Any
pointers here?
>> >
>> >    Also, what am I overlooking that causes her to have to enter a
>password to
>> >    get to the desktop when she boots? She didn't have to
until I had her
>change
>> >    the password on her machine after she dumped her boyfriend, then it
>started
>> >    making her enter the password. Again, I'm missing
something because I
>looked
>> >    and couldn't figure out what I was missing.
>> >
>> >    Thanks...
>> >
>>
>

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