Can I Bypass the Windows Log-In step ?

Until I re-formatted my hard drive & re-installed WinXP, SP2, my PC booted directly into Windows. But now I get an irritating Log In box ( I do not have a password set) that appears before Windows will continue loading. I am an only user & do not need this step. Can I disable it ?

 

.NET frameworks do not work like Service Packs. They are not cumulative. Please do not remove Framework 1.1 because 2.0 and 3.0 are available.

The .NET Framework update adds a new user called aspnet_wp account. The aspnet account/user can only be deleted, not disabled. Information on what the user account would be needed for:

When you run an ASP.Net application on a WebServer, not necessarily on your local machine, that is the account the Web Server uses for credentials/permissions. ASP.NET is a programming framework built on the common language runtime that can be used on a server to build powerful Web applications. ASP.NET offers several important advantages over previous Web development models: More information here: http://docs.aspng.com/quickstart/aspplus/doc/whatisaspx.aspx

The ASP.NET worker process (Aspnet_wp.exe) should run with a different and less privileged identity than the Windows default System identity. This allows the process to run as a relatively un-trusted user so that hosted Web applications do not have administrative privileges and cannot compromise the integrity of the server. More information here: http://tinyurl.com/aedb

To enable autolgon again:
Delete the user account aspnet_wp using Control Panel, User Accounts.

Once the account is deleted, apply these settings:

1. Go to Start/Run and type in: control userpasswords2 and press ok.

2. On the Users tab, clear the Users Must Enter A User Name And Password To Use This Computer check box and then click OK.

3. In the Automatically Log On dialog box that appears, type the user name and password for the account you want to be auto-logged on each time you start your computer.

 

Thank you, Christer.
Well stated.

 

Excellent Help... THANK you

While I did not have that username as a user account, I nevertheless followed the reinstall auto logon directions that you so clearly described and... ALL IS WELL ! I must have pulled out half of my hair over the last month, trying to fix this. You two guys are GREAT.

 

Hi All,

Sorry to resurrect this thread but I have been having the same log-in problem as AndrynKrisN, ie having to click on the user name to get into windows.
XP Home SP2, fully up to date, including the .net whatsits. I followed exactly the instructions given by Bill to cure this problem, then disaster!! At the next boot I got the message "The system could not log you on . . etc ", clicked OK, typed in the necessary password, which did not work. The only option offered was to shutdown.
Fortunately I was saved, again, by True Image re-installing the 'C' partition, and putting things back to normal.

I'll stick with clicking the user name from now on!

Roger

 

Hi Christer,
Thanks for the rapid response. I re-downloaded the two updates listed. I was told by the installer that KB867460 was already installed, but running KB886903 failed to install with the following Log:

[KB886903.log]
3.156: ================================================================================
3.156: 2007/01/08 11:12:56.359 (local)
3.156: e:\f1cca10c733d942e3672\update\update.exe (version 5.5.33.0)
3.188: Service Pack started with following command line:
3.313: Exec SP1QFE.SP1Check.Section: Result SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Updates\.NETFramework\1.1\SP1 Key Not Found
3.313: Condition Check for Line 1 of PreRequisite returned FALSE
3.313: ReadStringFromInf: SetupGetLineText failed: 0xe0000102
3.313: KB886903 Setup encountered an error: Setup cannot continue because one or more pre-requisites required to install KB886903 failed. For More details check the Log File C:\WINDOWS\KB886903.log
3.313: ReadStringFromInf: SetupGetLineText failed: 0xe0000102
3.313: Setup cannot continue because one or more pre-requisites required to install KB886903 failed. For More details check the Log File C:\WINDOWS\KB886903.log
9.719: Message displayed to the user: Setup cannot continue because one or more pre-requisites required to install KB886903 failed. For More details check the Log File C:\WINDOWS\KB886903.log
9.719: User Input: OK
9.719: Update.exe extended error code = 0xf0f4
9.719: Update.exe return code was masked to 0x643 for MSI custom action compliance.

It doesn't help me much!!
Clicking my user name is no real problem, just a little annoyance which I shall put up with until my Vista arrives.
UPDATE: I tried re-installing the Net 1.1 to see if the missing SP1 Key would be installed, but it wasn't, got the same result for 886903!
Roger:

 

Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0

Sorry I neglected to inform you of whether .Net Framework 1.1 is installed.
I checked Control Panel/Add or Remove Programs and see that Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0 is listed. No others. Since everything is working ideally now, I subscribe to the old adage : " If it ain't broke, don't fix it " LOL . Therefore, I am hesitant to install version 3.0 . And since you said that the updates do NOT overwrite the older version, but merely add on to it, should version 1.1 show up in the list ? It does not appear.
Do you recommend that I download and install .Net Framework 1.1 first and then 3.0 or ( hopefully) just leave well enough alone ?
Thanks again & sorry for being a pest.

 

Addendum to post above

Checking the History list on Windows Update page, I find that the following two were installed on December 9, 2006:

1. Security update for Microsoft .Net Framework version 2.0 KB917283
2. " " KB922770

 

@r.leal,

You mis-typed or used the wrong password.
It is not value checked in control userpassword2, so an invalid password would lead to your result.

Remember that you can in this situation:
Reboot and begin tapping the F8 function key; the Advanced Boot Options menu will appear. Choose Safe Mode. You will receive a username and password prompt. Logon. Repeat the control userpassword2 step, first enabling the checkbox at the top: users must enter a username and password to use this computer.

Then repeat again unchecking the box, and when prompted, indicate the username and password for autologon.

You do not have to re-image if you make a mistake.

 

Sorry Bill, but I did not mis-type my password, it's the same one I've been using for six years now. I also went through the re-boot procedure three times before I gave up.

Thanks anyway,

Roger

 

Under XP Home you cannot try to password enable 'Administrator'. Select either Owner, or if you have created a secondary Administrator priviliged user account, the username specificly.

While you are the default Administrator, you paradoxicly under XP Home are not 'Administrator', but rather 'Owner'. This is not true under XP Pro where you would by default be 'Administrator' and the 'Owner' account is identical to the 'Administrator' account.

For controll userpassword2 to fail to enable autologon, would require a failure of the LSASS security process, and/or serious problems in the SAM security hive.

Which suggests two possible other reasons for the failure:
. the password entered was incorrect;
. or, the account chosen was incorrect

Please see if you were by chance attempting to autologon the 'Administrator', as you are not that user under XP Home, and a valid logon for 'Administrator' under XP Home is only possible in Safe Mode.

 

Ending thread ( My part )

Thanks Christer. I am now up & running in fine order and appreciate your help.
I will leave .Net Framework version 2 to do its thing and quit while I'm ahead.
Have a great day.

 

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