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Download TweakUI if you want to still use auto-login.

Chris.

Rich wrote:

>    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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Download TweakUI if you want to still use auto-login.
Chris.
Rich wrote:

  
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" <drb{at}u-spam-u-die.com>">mailto:drb{at}u-spam-u-die.com">drb{at}u-spam-u-die.com>
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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