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More info?)
Hi Laura,
Either the username or password are incorrect, or the profile it is trying
to load is corrupt. You might want to undo it, then reboot and retry it.
--
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
"LCM" <LCM@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:32A6AEE8-9C41-4E6B-BF3D-D62F07A246CA@microsoft.com...
> Rick -
>
> I too wanted to go straight to the desktop at logon so was interested to
> read your response.
>
> I did the run control..., unchecked "users must enter.." and it took me to
> a
> dialogue...in which I erased "adminstrator" in the user field, put in my
> user
> name so I would be the default user logged on, and put in a password. Now
> when I start up, I get a notice "System could not log you on. Make sure
> your
> user name and domain are correct then type password again."
>
> I click okay and it takes me straight to the user list to click (which is
> what I wanted to avoid in the first place). Did I mess up by not leaving
> the
> default user as "administrator"?
>
> I tried going through this again but it didn't help. Fortunately I can
> still get to my desktop. Unfortunately it now takes two taps instead of
> one
> to get to my desktop, and I really wanted none.
>
> Thanks for your help!
> Laura
>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi Bob,
>>
>> Click start/run, type "control userpasswords2" (without the quotes) and
>> click ok. Uncheck the box requiring a username and password, click
>> apply/ok
>> and follow the prompts to set up a default logon.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "BOB" <bobv88@msn.com> wrote in message
>> news:41eb01c49f69$a43118c0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> > This may be a simple one, but I can't get it. When I
>> > turn on my system (Windows XP Home) it goes to the screen
>> > where I must click on "User". I want to turn on my
>> > system and have it go directly to my desktop screen.
>> > Thanks for your input.
>> >
>> > Bob
>>
>>
>>
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