From: "David Blair" 

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DUDE!!! So noted! Will look for it.
  "Chris Robinson"  wrote
in message =
news:3EB22403.540E2C5E{at}NOSPAMtotalise.co.uk...
  Download TweakUI if you want to still use auto-login.=20
  Chris.=20

  Rich wrote:=20

       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 =20
      "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=20
      another up today, but this one acts differently, and I'm baffled.=20
      The machine has Windows XP Professional. It's on a friend's PC. It =
doesn't=20
      have SP1 on it yet. The ISP (SBC/Yahoo- WARNING! Avoid them!!! =
IDIOTS!=20
      IDIOTS!) was no help since I wasn't using their "Clog yous system =
with crap"=20
      install.=20

      I used the XP connections wizard, as I have on my XP machines =
here, and it=20
      went about creating the connection as normal, but instead of =
creating the=20
      connection where when she starts the machine it is automatically =
connected=20
      to the internet whenever she "signs" in, she has to clink the icon =
on the=20
      desktop and start up like a modem session. I recreated the =
connection 3=20
      times and it made no difference.=20

      I followed the same process I used every time I created a session =
on my=20
      other machines, and I don't know WHAT is different.=20

      I have to have missed something very obvious here. Any pointers =
here?=20

      Also, what am I overlooking that causes her to have to enter a =
password to=20
      get to the desktop when she boots? She didn't have to until I had =
her change=20
      the password on her machine after she dumped her boyfriend, then =
it started=20
      making her enter the password. Again, I'm missing something =
because I looked=20
      and couldn't figure out what I was missing.=20

      Thanks...=20
       =20
      =20

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DUDE!!! So noted! Will look for =
it.

  "Chris Robinson" <c.robinson{at}NOSPAMtotalise=">mailto:c.robinson{at}NOSPAMtotalise.co.uk">c.robinson{at}NOSPAMtotalise=
.co.uk>=20
  wrote in message news:3EB22403.540E2C=
5E{at}NOSPAMtotalise.co.uk...Download=20
  TweakUI if you want to still use auto-login.=20
  Chris.=20
  Rich wrote:=20
  
    
       It
sounds like you =
created a PPP=20
    or VPN connection.  Some DSL modems work this way and require =
the=20
    client computer to establish the connection.  This is in =
contrast to=20
    some modems which establish the ISP connection on their own and =
expose an=20
    ethernet interface to the client.    Windows XP will automatically log in the user =
when=20
    there is one account other than Administrator and Guest and that =
account has=20
    no password.  It doesn't automatically log in accounts with a=20
    password.  The mechanism to support doing this, which was =
present in=20
    earlier Windows releases, may still exist.  I never used it =
myself so I=20
    don't know if it's still around. Rich =20
    "David=20
      Blair" <drb{at}u-spam-u-die.com>">mailto:drb{at}u-spam-u-die.com">drb{at}u-spam-u-die.com>
=
wrote in=20
      message news:3eb183bb{at}w3.nls.net...I've
= set up=20
      a zillion network and internet connections on Windows. I set =
another=20
      up today, but this one acts differently, and I'm baffled.=20
      The machine has Windows XP Professional. It's on a friend's PC. =
It=20
      doesn't have SP1 on it yet. The ISP (SBC/Yahoo- WARNING! Avoid =
them!!!=20
      IDIOTS! IDIOTS!) was no help since I wasn't using their "Clog =
yous=20
      system with crap" install.=20
      I used the XP connections wizard, as I have on my XP machines =
here, and=20
      it went about creating the connection as normal, but instead =
of=20
      creating the connection where when she starts the machine it =
is=20
      automatically connected to the internet whenever she
"signs" =
in, she=20
      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.=20

      I followed the same process I used every time I created a =
session on my=20
      other machines, and I don't know WHAT is different.=20
      I have to have missed something very obvious here. Any pointers =
here?=20
      Also, what am I overlooking that causes her to have to enter a =
password=20
      to get to the desktop when she boots? She didn't have to until =
I had=20
      her change the password on her machine after she dumped her =
boyfriend,=20
      then it started making her enter the password. Again, I'm =
missing=20
      something because I looked and couldn't figure out what I was =
missing.=20

      Thanks...  =20
 

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