no xp logon screen

[joeblack]

when i boot up to xp pro i dont get a logon screen ? yet my m8 who has xp pro also gets a logon screen ? why dont i ? its not fair boo hoo lol :D

[posthumous_GRIN]

Originally posted by joeblack
when i boot up to xp pro i dont get a logon screen ? yet my m8 who has xp pro also gets a logon screen ? why dont i ? its not fair boo hoo lol :D

Well, you probably have your logon screen disabled or maybe you are the only user on the system. You can go to users under the control panel to add a logon I believe.

[joeblack]

thnx m8, ill give it a go

[joeblack]

thnx m8, ill give it a go

[Bizkitkid2001]

If you don't have a passward for your screen name it won't show the login screen it will just start windows. Its skips it because there is no reason to go to the login screen without a password. If you go to start control panel and then into user accounts you can set a password.

[dmoltrup]

Bizkitkid2001, it isn't really whether there is a password. If you don't use passwords you can still get the log-on screen by creating another user profile, or allowing 'Guest Log-on'. The guest log-on will have a picture of a suitcase.

[Bizkitkid2001]

yeah but he didn't say anything about having other users on his comp.

I was just saying that if he only had one user on his comp

[RalphArch]

perhaps he is installed with FAT32 partition instead of NTFS

[joeblack]

i sorted it thnx- it was easy i forgot to set the password for loggin on :)

[Bizkitkid2001]

I was right you were wrong NENER NENER NENER!!


Sorry dmoltrup just had to say it!!:D

[dmoltrup]

Actually, we were both right.

If he didn't want to bother with entering a password each time he turns on his computer, he could just add another user and he simply has to click on his main one.