Automatically starting Vista into an account?

I only have one account on this computer and whenever I start the computer
up, I have to click the single account icon to load everything up completely.
Is there any way to bypass the loading of the user account screen to boot
directly into the desktop or am I doomed to not be able to start the
computer, walk away for a few minutes then return to a fully-loaded desktop?

In user accounts look for must login checkbox uncheck it select. next your
account verify password and it will log you on as default user



"Steven G" <StevenG@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EB9E93FB-B599-47EF-A48E-2B781E96D081@microsoft.com...

>I only have one account on this computer and whenever I start the computer
> up, I have to click the single account icon to load everything up
> completely.
> Is there any way to bypass the loading of the user account screen to boot
> directly into the desktop or am I doomed to not be able to start the
> computer, walk away for a few minutes then return to a fully-loaded
> desktop?

Hello Larry. Thank you for the response, but I'm not seeing what you are
talking about anywhere in the User Accounts section. I'm not seeing "must
login" or any check boxes regarding the login screen at all. Can you give me
any betterdirections as to where to find it?

"Larry" wrote:

> In user accounts look for must login checkbox uncheck it select. next your
> account verify password and it will log you on as default user
>
>
>
> "Steven G" <StevenG@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:EB9E93FB-B599-47EF-A48E-2B781E96D081@microsoft.com...

>

> Is there any way to bypass the loading of the user account screen to boot

> directly into the desktop

Yes

- Click Start
- Type: control userpasswords2
- Press enter
- Clear the Users must enter a username and password to use this computer
check box
- Click Apply
- Enter the user name and password you wish to automatically log on with,
and then click OK
- Click OK again

Hopefully Microsoft will make this easier before the Final Release.

- JB

Ahh, Jimmy. Thank you very much! So that's the only way to get to that "area"
of Vista, huh? Doing a control command? Wow ... yeah .. I hope they fix that
in the final version .. that's just silly. Thank you again for the help!


"Jimmy Brush" wrote:

>
> Yes
>
> - Click Start
> - Type: control userpasswords2
> - Press enter
> - Clear the Users must enter a username and password to use this computer
> check box
> - Click Apply
> - Enter the user name and password you wish to automatically log on with,
> and then click OK
> - Click OK again
>
> Hopefully Microsoft will make this easier before the Final Release.
>
> - JB

> Ahh, Jimmy. Thank you very much! So that's the only way to get to that
"area"

> of Vista, huh? Doing a control command? Wow ... yeah .. I hope they fix that
> in the final version .. that's just silly. Thank you again for the help!

You're welcome

That is actually an advanced version of the user accounts control panel from
Windows XP that is still present in Vista.

I'm not sure how this will play out in Vista ... we'll have to wait and see
I suppose.

"Steven G" <StevenG@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:17CFE66D-B8CA-4AA9-9EC4-23A58BFB1D38@microsoft.com...

> Ahh, Jimmy. Thank you very much! So that's the only way to get to that
> "area"
> of Vista, huh? Doing a control command? Wow ... yeah .. I hope they fix
> that
> in the final version .. that's just silly. Thank you again for the help!
>
>
> "Jimmy Brush" wrote:
>

Why would this be silly? It was the same under WinNT and XP. I see no
reason to change it anytime soon.
Such a powerful option SHOULD be hidden from most users, and only available
to the Computer Administrator. My hope is that Microsoft WON'T make it
"easier" for users to login auto-magically.

What I think is silly is the ability to simply click to grant Administrator
permission for various operations. It should be DIFFICULT to grant Root
permission, not EASY. Even mouse-clicks can be programmed into malware
installation if needed, after all.

"Jimmy Brush" <JimmyBrush@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BEB47F18-4DA6-4FBB-AAA5-905F3B5C0519@microsoft.com...

> "area"

>
> You're welcome
>
> That is actually an advanced version of the user accounts control panel
> from
> Windows XP that is still present in Vista.
>
> I'm not sure how this will play out in Vista ... we'll have to wait and
> see
> I suppose.

I certainly hope that Microsoft WON'T make a bad decision and make it EASIER
to change account characteristics. That would simply CONTINUE Microsoft's
long record of poor security measures.

After having used a truly secure OS (OS X), I have come to appreciate the
way OS X requires the entry of a username/password combo to login.
Microsoft would do well to take Apple's lead in this area.

==

Donald L McDaniel
Please reply to the original newsgroup.
===========================================

> I certainly hope that Microsoft WON'T make a bad decision and make it EASIER

> to change account characteristics. That would simply CONTINUE Microsoft's
> long record of poor security measures.

Nonsense. Allowing a home user automatically log in when they start their
computer has ZERO security implications.

> Why would this be silly? It was the same under WinNT and XP. I see no

> reason to change it anytime soon.
> Such a powerful option SHOULD be hidden from most users, and only available
> to the Computer Administrator. My hope is that Microsoft WON'T make it
> "easier" for users to login auto-magically.

It is, and will be, only available to administrators.

>
> What I think is silly is the ability to simply click to grant Administrator
> permission for various operations. It should be DIFFICULT to grant Root
> permission, not EASY. Even mouse-clicks can be programmed into malware
> installation if needed, after all.

It is not possible to simulate mouse clicks on the UAC dialog, unless the
machine has already been compromised by a VERY, VERY skilled programmer.