Log on to Windows box at startup

Factual Questions
1

I just reinstalled windows xp professional SP 2. I have a box in the middle of the screen that says:

Log on to Windows
Username________
Password________
OK

I don’t have a password, so I just click on OK. I can’t seem to get rid of it.

Before I reinstalled, I did not have this box.

How can I get rid of it and just log on to windows without this hassel?

2

Open the Users applet in the Control Panel. You will notice a hyperlink that says ‘Change the way users log on or off’. Click it and observe the ‘Select logon and logoff options’ screen.

It has 2 check boxes, the first of which is labelled ‘Use the Welcome Screen’. It is probably not checked. If so then check it and that should solve the problem.

3

Thanks Imasquare, that remedy fixed my problem. I should have known that, but I just haven’t committed to memory all the idiosyncrasies of Window XP yet. Perhaps in another 5 to 10 years…