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echo: nthelp
to: Frank Haber
from: Rich
date: 2003-05-02 08:56:46
subject: Re: Internet connection on XP

From: "Rich" 

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   It sounds like you enabled the normally disabled guest account.  =
Since you have two accounts that can be used to log in the logon UI is = displayed.

Rich

  "Frank Haber"  wrote in message =
news:3eb28046$1{at}w3.nls.net...
  TweakXP (and 1.33 on Win 2000) are only semi-permanent.  Each =
WinUpdate
  reboot, indeed most executions of the Windows Installer (to look for
  installed components) seem to reset some flag, and you have to log on =
next
  time.  Of course you don't know this until you actually reboot a =
second
  time, which is a mild PITA, but so it goes.

  Also, I don't see the behavior Rich cited in XP Home.  If the =
Administrator
  account (visible only in Safe Mode in Home) is account one, and the =
peculiar
  "Guest" of simple file sharing is account two, and your account is =
account
  three, you don't automatically get autologin from XP, just because =
you've
  left the password blank.  You have to use TweakXP.


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used to log in the logon UI is displayed.
 
Rich
 

  "Frank Haber" <frhaber{at}N0SPMrcn.com>">mailto:frhaber{at}N0SPMrcn.com">frhaber{at}N0SPMrcn.com>
=
wrote in=20
  message news:3eb28046$1{at}w3.nls.net...TweakXP=20
  (and 1.33 on Win 2000) are only semi-permanent.  Each=20
  WinUpdatereboot, indeed most executions of the Windows Installer =
(to look=20
  forinstalled components) seem to reset some flag, and you have to =
log on=20
  nexttime.  Of course you don't know this until you actually =
reboot a=20
  secondtime, which is a mild PITA, but so it
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don't see=20
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Administratoraccount=20
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two, and your =
account is=20
  accountthree, you don't automatically get autologin from XP, just =
because=20
  you'veleft the password blank.  You have to use=20
TweakXP.

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