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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Customization / August 2007Auto-logon has become a Frankenstein
I was experimenting with a tweakUI-like software program and one of the services was an auto-logon, which automatically supplies username and password to XP on the way in. All fine and well...until I decided that I was not interested. Uninstalling the software did not remove the auto-logon and now, having changed usernames on the system, it supplies the wrong information and dings me with an error message each time. I need to find a way to defeat it myself. It does its thing prior to the Users screen, so adjusting any of the settings in User Accounts is useless. And searching the Registry for the login name and password has turned up nothing. Without fail, with every boot comes the message: The system could not log you on. Make sure your username and domain are correct, then type your password again. This is XP Pro. Any ideas on how I can defeat this? Thanks... Rick A. Pleasanton CA Have you contacted the vendor of your "tweakUI-like software program"? We can't guess what it did to your system. --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est > I was experimenting with a tweakUI-like software program and one of the > services was an auto-logon, which automatically supplies username and [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Rick A. > Pleasanton CA > This is XP Pro. Any ideas on how I can defeat this? Thanks... An noted (above), without knowing the software this is pure guesswork. About the only thing that I know of which is installable, and gets going before the logon prompts is a service. See if anything in your list of services looks familiar (Start, Control Panel, Administrative tools, Services). Start by disabling the one you suspect. You can turn it back on again if that doesn't fix the problem. Getting rid of such a service is a little trickier.  SignatureSteve Swift http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html http://www.ringers.org.uk Don't know what the software did but you could try - Disable auto log on - 1. Go to Start->Run 2. Type control userpasswords2 3. Check Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer If you want it enabled for another account - Go to the Start Menu and the Run box. . Type in the following: control userpasswords2 . now click OK . In the new Windows that appears select the account you wish to make the primary logon. . Now uncheck the "Users must enter a username and password..." box. . Hit Apply and a dialog box will appear asking you to confirm the selected users password. Click OK. The changes will work the next time you restart your computer. Signature==================================== TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2008 - Australia ==================================== How to make a good post: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm Defending your machine: http://defendingyourmachine2.blogspot.com/ http://taurarian.mvps.org/index.htm Emails will not be acknowledged - please post to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |I was experimenting with a tweakUI-like software program and one of the | services was an auto-logon, which automatically supplies username and [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] | Rick A. | Pleasanton CA |
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