XP issue***Out of the blue....

[Boomyal]

...when I restart the computer it comes up to a blue screen with one user that you have to click on to finish the boot to windows. This did not exist before. I just ran an SuperAntiSpyware scan and it said I had to restart the computer. This is when it showed up. I do not have to enter any password but I would like to eliminate this step.

Most of the time, I boot the computer while I am making a cup of Joe. I would just as soon have it fully booted by the time I get back to the computer. There is only one user shown and that is the 'administrator'.

How do I get rid of this?

 

[j_martin]

Re: XP issue***Out of the blue....

Probably too late. Leaving the administrator with no password, and then using it to run the computer leaves it wide open to any hacking, malware, or virus invasion.

It's best to give the administrator a strong password, and then create a user with admin privileges and password protect that one also.

The only time I violate that protocol is if the computer has to finish a reboot unattended, and must run windows. (some video security applications come to mind) Then there's a way to put a password in the registry, and also that computer will be locked down so tight it can't even see the internet nor be seen except through a prearranged secure connection.

Oh, BTW, the reason it comes up to a user to click is that someone or something created another user and then hid it. (yes, it's easy to do.)

 

[Boomyal]

Re: XP issue***Out of the blue....

Well I've gotten along without the boot stopping there for some time and would just as soon not have to do it. I am working on a non-critical unit so there is nothing much anyone could do to make a problem. I would just reload the OS if it came to that.

All I did to trigger it was to run SuperAntiSpyware for grins and giggles. And I had done it many times before. I did not have any issues and it did find a few cookies but nothing serious.

 

[j_martin]

Re: XP issue***Out of the blue....

It's your computer, and you were the one complaining. Sorry

 

[Cofe]

Re: XP issue***Out of the blue....

To Login automatically to a user account, follow the instructions below:
1) Click on Run
2) Type in the following command and click OK
control userpasswords2
3) Highlight the user you want to log into automatically, then uncheck the box for
"Users must enter a username and password to use this computer"
4) Click on Apply and you'll be asked to verify the username and password to log in automatically
5) Click OK and the next time you restart your computer, you'll automatically be logged in without having the classic prompt or Welcome Screen.

 

[Boomyal]

Re: XP issue***Out of the blue....

It's your computer, and you were the one complaining. Sorry

No sorry necessary j martin. Just wanted to get rid of an inconvenience that did not exist before.

Cofe, I will give your recommendations a whirl.

EDIT: It worked cofe. But interesting that I have another XP machine and the password and username requirement box is checked but it will still boot right to the desktop without having to select a user???

It is also curious that on this computer in question, when I go to control panel/user accounts, there is a user called ASP.NET Machine A..., that is a limited account that is password protected. The account has an Icon of a little quarter midget race car. This is nothing that any user of this machine would have purposefully added.

I do not have that on the other XP machine. What could that be all about??

 

[Cofe]

Re: XP issue***Out of the blue....

Here is a article about the ASP account. It is harmless just another Microsoft deal to confuse
http://www.mvps.org/marksxp/WindowsXP/aspdot.php

 

[hrdwrkingacguy]

Re: XP issue***Out of the blue....

Check out this link

 

[MTboatguy]

Re: XP issue***Out of the blue....

Did you set up networking on this computer to use the new wireless printer? Just curious it might have started due to the security you enabled on the wireless router.. I don't know for sure, but it seems to me I have read about that happening somewhere..

 

[Boomyal]

Re: XP issue***Out of the blue....

Did you set up networking on this computer to use the new wireless printer? Just curious it might have started due to the security you enabled on the wireless router.. I don't know for sure, but it seems to me I have read about that happening somewhere..

This happened well after the WR issue was settled. 'sides, this computer does not have wireless capability. In the end, I took the wireless router out of the internet cable (wired network) loop and just left it powered up. I talks nicely to the Mrs's laptop but does not get internet service. She has stayed on her umbelical cord while the wireless router allows her to talk to the printer. Pretty cool and simple after all the angst to get exactly there.

Another thing that occured, on the user login screen issue, was that after I was able to boot direct to the desktop, it would still display the user choice when the screen saver woke up. I was able to go into Display Properties/Screen Saver and uncheck a box that made it do that on wake up. Don't know what gremlins got in there and changed those things.

 

[Tim Frank]

Re: XP issue***Out of the blue....

Does the laptop not have wireless capability built in...i.e. could it not run the printer without the router?

 

[Boomyal]

Re: XP issue***Out of the blue....

Does the laptop not have wireless capability built in...i.e. could it not run the printer without the router?

Boy, now you are muddying the water TF. Just when I thought I had it all dialed in and figgered out.

Yes, the laptop is near new and has built in wireless capability. The new Brother printer is also wireless capable. I made a huge assumption that they both needed the WR as an interface (a go between, if you will) even though in my case we did not need the WR for internet service.

Are you suggesting something different, like the Laptop and the Printer should be able to talk to each other without the WR as the broker? It would seem that if that was the case, I should be able to see the printer when I open the Laptop Network Internet Access display? ...and I don't.

There are seven devices/sources displayed. Six of them have insufficient signal strenth and the seventh is my Belkin WR, showing all bars lit. I assume all the others belong to neighbors.

When I ran the setup, on the laptop, for the printer, I had 3 operation choices. One was if it using the USB conncection, second was an Ethernet cable connection and the third was the Wireless Connection.

The latter is the one I ran and if I 'disable' the Belkin WR signal, in the Network Internet Access display, the printer will not print. A wireless connection was nececcary because there was no place to put the printer in close proximity to the laptop.

 

[ehenry]

Re: XP issue***Out of the blue....

yeah, you think thats angst......wait till you start trying to deploy windows 7... We're hugging h e l l with it.

 

[Boomyal]

Re: XP issue***Out of the blue....

yeah, you think thats angst......wait till you start trying to deploy windows 7... We're hugging h e l l with it.

Oh Yeah, ef. Been there, doing that. Mrs B's new laptop is Win 7. It has been nothing but headaches trying to transition from XP to Win7. IMHO, there is no excuse for all the changes for change sake.