Help with Windows XP Log on screen

[corsa_mark]

Ever since I formatted my sister's laptop it displays the log on screen for you to select which user you want to log on as. There is only one user (my sis) and before the format it would log straight on and the desktop appears.

Had a look at the options I can find and nothing seems to have changed and there is no password to enter either so it isn't that which is stopping it. According to my sis its "annoying" as she now has to click her name :roll:. Any ideas how to get it to log straight on?

[RossSxi]

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm

[corsa_mark]

cheers for the link, will give it a go once I've finished sorting out the anti virus stuff

[Gazza_DJ]

As above. One of those annoying little things thats just not immediately obvious!

[corsa_mark]

As above. One of those annoying little things thats just not immediately obvious!

Definately. Couldn't they just put the setting in the user account bit in control panel. It's all sorted now and gone back to uni with the sister (a week of peace and quiet) :lol:

[Gazza_DJ]

:lol:

what AV did you go for?

[corsa_mark]

AVG 8 free. My sister is obsessed by mcafee (sp?) so she wanted a simple one to last her a few more weeks then she's buying mcafee.

[Gazza_DJ]

Try and convert her to NOD32 if she is going to pay for AV mate, much better deal IMO!

[corsa_mark]

any links to it? what makes it sooooo good?

[Gazza_DJ]

http://www.eset.com/

It has got great reviews all round, I like it because it is very resource efficient, much more so than McAffee. Most of the time you dont even know its there.

[corsa_mark]

Ah riight cheers, I'll try and convince her but it probably won't work.

[Juan Pablo]

I'm using NOD32 - very good piece of kit so far :)

[RossSxi]

I'm using NOD32 - very good piece of kit so far :)

yea me too, prefer it over the others.

[Navajo]

AVG I use... seems to do the job

[RickySXi]

NOD32 I use. AVG / Mcafee / Norton are crap... you should swap to NOD32. It is alot better, for everything.

[Navajo]

or just use my mac :|

[Jamie]

To log it straight on, go into user accounts and delete the 2nd account thats maybe there, it installs itself after an update.

Mines does the same but it doesnt bother me enough to remove it :lol:

And can't remember the name of the account as I'm on my Mac

[corsa_mark]

To log it straight on, go into user accounts and delete the 2nd account thats maybe there, it installs itself after an update.

Mines does the same but it doesnt bother me enough to remove it :lol:

And can't remember the name of the account as I'm on my Mac

Still didn't matter, just used the method in the 2nd post and it's sorted it.

[Jamie]

Ah well glad its sorted :doublethumbs: