Done a windows update, now it wants me to log in each time I start the PC

[LeftEyeNine]

Il Caravelo, done as you did, yes it removed the welcome screen however it automatically logged on the Administrator account rather than my personalized account (with administrative privileges) I was using till now.

Any idea ? 'Cause whole arrangement of desktop, even the startup programs are configured differently which makes it a bit of mess :/

[frogbeastegg]

Il Caravelo, done as you did, yes it removed the welcome screen however it automatically logged on the Administrator account rather than my personalized account (with administrative privileges) I was using till now.

Any idea ? 'Cause whole arrangement of desktop, even the startup programs are configured differently which makes it a bit of mess :/

I used Husar's method as Caravel gave his while I was typing up my second post. It's returned things to how they used to be: one account with my settings and admin control.

[Xiahou]

I used Husar's method as Caravel gave his while I was typing up my second post. It's returned things to how they used to be: one account with my settings and admin control.

I would also strongly advise against having administrative (or any) user accounts with no password. Should someone ever gain illicit access to your computer, you're just making their job easier for them.

[frogbeastegg]

I would also strongly advise against having administrative (or any) user accounts with no password. Should someone ever gain illicit access to your computer, you're just making their job easier for them.

I'm the only person in the house who knows how to use a PC. If someone knowledgeable gets to it then chances are very high that they will know how to bypass any password I put in place.

[Xiahou]

Suit yourself.

[LeftEyeNine]

Karaverü-sama, sorry I mistook that step, and yes, re-doing the step by checking and un-checking that box so as to bring up the dialog box where it asks for the account login and password, I entered my account's details and voila!

Thanks for this GREAT tip. It gets me frustrated like hell coming back to PC to see that is waiting for a click to load the most troublesome part of log on.

[caravel]

Il Caravelo, done as you did, yes it removed the welcome screen however it automatically logged on the Administrator account rather than my personalized account (with administrative privileges) I was using till now.

Any idea ? 'Cause whole arrangement of desktop, even the startup programs are configured differently which makes it a bit of mess :/

You may have missed this step. If you don't enter your username and password the default account is "Administrator". Just follow the above again and it will work.

7) Enter your username and password (twice). If you don't have a password leave that last two boxes blank. Click "OK".

"control userpasswords2" should bring up this control panel applet:


Uncheck the box and click apply...


to see the "automatically log in" prompt. This always defaults to "Administrator":


Enter your own user account details instead

Click ok and ok again and you're all done.



Sorry about whitespace in those images, they were exported through MS Paint. As I've not long reinstalled Windows.