From: "David Blair" 

She logs on to the machine and doesn't hit escape, that I know. Escape
won't get her into the machine, It's XP Professional. Escape won't on to
the box.


"Geo."  wrote in message news:3eb243c8{at}w3.nls.net...
> 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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