From: "Geo." 

Sounds like her machine is set to not remember the password. Also make sure
she logs onto the machine and is not just hitting esc to get past the login
screen.

Geo.

"David Blair"  wrote in message
news:3eb1f3f4{at}w3.nls.net...
It's an identical situation to mine here. I never have to sign in here, she does.

Then again... she has to enter a password... I don't. I wonder, since her
machine offers an Administrator ID, mine doesn't (all I can click is my own
ID at startup)... could that be the thing? If so, I wonder if clearing the
password is poosible and would change the problem?
  "Rich"  wrote in message news:3eb1f25d{at}w3.nls.net...
     PPPoE is one of the variants that I thought expected a connection to be
made.  If the DSL modem doesn't make it, I think that Windows would.

  Rich

    "David Blair"  wrote in message
news:3eb18e67{at}w3.nls.net...
    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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