Thanks Galen! I thought for sure I had this set correctly, but when I looked
based upon your suggestion, that option was unchecked! Now it works
properly. Before it would automatically login to my account whenever the PC
booted up. I have really disliked that all this time!

Happy New Year to you!

"Galen" wrote:

> In news:6FC5FCF4-D198-4BE6-984B-37657543CF24@microsoft.com,
> Michael Day <MichaelDay@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:
>
> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>
> > What I'm looking for is exactly the opposite of what the original
> > post asked. For some reason one of my Windows XP Media Center Edition
> > automatically logs into my account. I don't want it to do that.
> > I've looked extensively though the options available for users and
> > have setup my system to require a password on that account to login.
> > However whenever I reboot, this one computer automatically logs into
> > the first account I setup on this computer. How can I get it to
> > require a password entry before logging in? I'm at a loss and can't
> > find an answer after many attempts searching through the knowledge
> > base. What bugs me even more is I have two other Windows XP Media
> > Center Edition PCs that don't do this to me.
> >
> > Help!
> >
> > Michael
> >
> > "Psychotikfrog" wrote:
> >
> >> I used to be able to automatically logon when I turned my computer
> >> on, however after running a windows update I can no longer auto
> >> login (I am required to click on the username to login). I don;t
> >> have a password and am not using any service packs (and wish to
> >> resolve this issue without installing one)
>
> Well, it's just the reverse:
>
> Automatic Login:
> http://kgiii.info/windows/XP/general/auto_login.html
>
> Change step #5 to TICK and you should be all set. Basically you're setting
> it to require user/pass to access the PC.
>
> --
> Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
> http://dts-l.org/
>
> "We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind,
> which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply
> there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." -
> Sherlock Holmes
>
>
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