Automatic Login to Windows XP

There are 3 different ways of doing this:

  1. At a command prompt, enter control userpasswords2. This will launch the User Accounts application. On the Users tab, clear the check box for "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer" and click OK. (If your computer is part of a domain, this box does not appear). The Automatically Log On dialog box appears. Type your user name and password, and click OK.
  2. You can also access this from the Control Panel > User Accounts
  3. Or by doing a right click on My Computer > Manage > User Accounts

If you didn't know to look for it, you'd never find this handy dialog, which is available in both XP Professional and XP Home. .

 

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