i am the sole user of my computer and i dont want to click on my user icon.
it slows the startup down and is a waste of effort. i want to change this
situation until something comes up and there is more than one user

....like a hacker, for instance?

Steven

"which xp" <whichxp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4909628C-FAAA-4FCA-966B-286FAE38C010@microsoft.com...
>i am the sole user of my computer and i dont want to click on my user icon.
> it slows the startup down and is a waste of effort. i want to change this
> situation until something comes up and there is more than one user

In article <4909628C-FAAA-4FCA-966B-286FAE38C010@microsoft.com>,
whichxp@discussions.microsoft.com says...
> i am the sole user of my computer and i dont want to click on my user icon.
> it slows the startup down and is a waste of effort. i want to change this
> situation until something comes up and there is more than one user

Download a nice utility called TweakUI Version 2.x from Ramesh's site:

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/tweakui.htm

There is a logon option in it that you can use to do what you want.

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"which xp" <whichxp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4909628C-FAAA-4FCA-966B-286FAE38C010@microsoft.com...
>i am the sole user of my computer and i dont want to click on my user icon.
> it slows the startup down and is a waste of effort. i want to change this
> situation until something comes up and there is more than one user


How to turn on automatic logon in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315231

Use the "control userpasswords2" method near the bottom of the KB article.

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Control panel User Accounts change the way users login?
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=282866

"which xp" wrote:

> i am the sole user of my computer and i dont want to click on my user icon.
> it slows the startup down and is a waste of effort. i want to change this
> situation until something comes up and there is more than one user