Stop Administrator Opening

I have bought a laptop with Windos XP professional installed. It is to
be shared between myself and another user.

I've set up the appropriate accounts, but whenever we logon, the
computer goes into the Admin account rather than showing the Welcome
screen.

How can I change things so that it goes to the welcome screen and does
not open the admin account?


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pluvia

Click Start, Run and enter CONTROL USERPASSWORDS2 Check the box Users must enter a username and password........

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Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display\Security
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
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Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
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"pluvia" <pluvia.1xerye@pcbanter.net> wrote in message newsluvia.1xerye@pcbanter.net...
>
> I have bought a laptop with Windos XP professional installed. It is to
> be shared between myself and another user.
>
> I've set up the appropriate accounts, but whenever we logon, the
> computer goes into the Admin account rather than showing the Welcome
> screen.
>
> How can I change things so that it goes to the welcome screen and does
> not open the admin account?
>
>
> --
> pluvia

Doug Knox MS-MVP Wrote:
> Click Start, Run and enter CONTROL USERPASSWORDS2 Check the box Users
> must enter a username and password........[/color]

Thanks for the reply, but is there a way to do it without needing to
enter names and passwords?

All we want to do is be able to click on our user icons after starting
the computer. As it is at the moment, we have to log out of the
administrator account before we can see our account icons.

Why is the admin account opening anyway? Is this normal for XP
Professional?


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pluvia

Just put a check mark in the box Users must enter a username and password. You shouldn't have to enter any other information.

--
Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display\Security
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
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Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
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"pluvia" <pluvia.1xexif@pcbanter.net> wrote in message newsluvia.1xexif@pcbanter.net...
>
> Doug Knox MS-MVP Wrote:
>> Click Start, Run and enter CONTROL USERPASSWORDS2 Check the box Users
>> must enter a username and password........
>
> Thanks for the reply, but is there a way to do it without needing to
> enter names and passwords?
>
> All we want to do is be able to click on our user icons after starting
> the computer. As it is at the moment, we have to log out of the
> administrator account before we can see our account icons.
>
> Why is the admin account opening anyway? Is this normal for XP
> Professional?
>
>
> --
> pluvia[/color]

Doug Knox MS-MVP Wrote:
> Just put a check mark in the box Users must enter a username and
> password. You shouldn't have to enter any other information.
>


Thanks, Doug, but this didn't work. It seems the adminautologon was set
to on. Someone showed me how to turn it off, and the problem is now
fixed. Thanks.


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pluvia

Glad you got it working.

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Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display\Security
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
--------------------------------
Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
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"pluvia" <pluvia.1xlsqk@pcbanter.net> wrote in message newsluvia.1xlsqk@pcbanter.net...
>
> Doug Knox MS-MVP Wrote:
>> Just put a check mark in the box Users must enter a username and
>> password. You shouldn't have to enter any other information.
>>
>
>
> Thanks, Doug, but this didn't work. It seems the adminautologon was set
> to on. Someone showed me how to turn it off, and the problem is now
> fixed. Thanks.
>
>
> --
> pluvia

I am having a similar problem with XP always logging on the Administrator
after a shut down or restart without asking for a password. How do I check
and change the adminautologon feature? Thanks.
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BCawley


"pluvia" wrote:

>
> Doug Knox MS-MVP Wrote:
> > Just put a check mark in the box Users must enter a username and
> > password. You shouldn't have to enter any other information.
> >
>
>
> Thanks, Doug, but this didn't work. It seems the adminautologon was set
> to on. Someone showed me how to turn it off, and the problem is now
> fixed. Thanks.
>
>
> --
> pluvia
>

Click Start, Run and enter CONTROL USERPASSWORDS2 The check box for this feature will be there.

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Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display\Security
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
--------------------------------
Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
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"BCawley" <BCawley@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9CC22F67-7F20-4CE4-B099-186DF98E5C62@microsoft.com...
>I am having a similar problem with XP always logging on the Administrator
> after a shut down or restart without asking for a password. How do I check
> and change the adminautologon feature? Thanks.
> --
> BCawley
>
>
> "pluvia" wrote:
>
>>
>> Doug Knox MS-MVP Wrote:
>> > Just put a check mark in the box Users must enter a username and
>> > password. You shouldn't have to enter any other information.
>> >
>>
>>
>> Thanks, Doug, but this didn't work. It seems the adminautologon was set
>> to on. Someone showed me how to turn it off, and the problem is now
>> fixed. Thanks.
>>
>>
>> --
>> pluvia
>>