# XP logon question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 30, 2004, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xp-logon-question/247787 "2004-05-30T14:21:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Critical\_Mass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@Critical\_Mass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical_Mass)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xp-logon-question/247787/1 "2004-05-30T14:21:16Z")
Running XP home edition When I start or reboot the computer, I have to choose a user from a menu. As I am the only user and by default the administrator (there are no other profiles loaded), It would be more convenient to bypass the user selection and just load my settings. Is there a way to achieve this? ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xp-logon-question/247787/2 "2004-05-30T14:27:23Z")
Do you have a password on your system? I’m the only user on mine as well but I have a password and I can’t remember if that screen came up before I had one or not. In any case, your settings are loaded in the background before you click that button so eliminating that step wouldn’t really make your boot any faster. ---
**Author:** ![Kreekurmudgeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@Kreekurmudgeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kreekurmudgeon)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xp-logon-question/247787/3 "2004-05-30T14:35:30Z")
Try going to Control Panel \> User Accounts. You can probably work it out from there. ---
**Author:** ![Critical\_Mass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@Critical\_Mass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical_Mass)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xp-logon-question/247787/4 "2004-05-30T14:49:46Z")
I think I’ve figured it out. I went to the user Control Panel - User Accounts and discovered ‘[ASI.net](http://ASI.net)’ or something to that effect was a user account. This ‘user’ has not been a login option anyways. I saved the user settings just in case, but when I did a hard boot, it skipped the choose user screen and went straight to my desktop. Makes one wonder who this user was. Good riddence. Thanks for your help! ---
**Author:** ![Kreekurmudgeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@Kreekurmudgeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kreekurmudgeon)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xp-logon-question/247787/5 "2004-05-30T15:07:53Z")
You’re quite welcome. Glad it worked. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xp-logon-question/247787/6 "2004-05-30T15:24:19Z")
Possible snag if you also use Norton Anti-virus: I used to have my computer auto-boot into my account (only one on the computer) and life was sweet. Then I got NAV, and discovered that the “Live Update” part of it, which is intended to keep your virus definitions up to date without your having to remember to check, simply didn’t work. Some digging around on the Norton site revealed that if you have WinXP you _have_ to have a password check turned on or Live Update never gets properly called (or something.) So now I have to do that ‘click on account’ and enter my fabulously secure password (it’s a single “a,” shhh! don’t tell anyone) each and ever start up. PITA. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xp-logon-question/247787/7 "2004-05-30T16:51:51Z")
Pssst! Does AutoAdminLogon still work as a registry entry? ---
**Author:** ![yoyodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a9a28c/32.png) [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xp-logon-question/247787/8 "2004-05-30T20:42:59Z")
> [@qwest](#): > > I think I’ve figured it out. > > I went to the user Control Panel - User Accounts and discovered ‘[ASI.net](http://ASI.net)’ or something to that effect was a user account. This ‘user’ has not been a login option anyways. > > I saved the user settings just in case, but when I did a hard boot, it skipped the choose user screen and went straight to my desktop. > > Makes one wonder who this user was. Good riddence. > > Thanks for your help! The ASPNET account is a machine account created by the .NET Framework. It limits the rights a .NET application has when run on your machine and should not be deleted. You can automatically logon with a user account by using [TweakUI](http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp).