Problem booting to welcome screen 1

[timesign]

Whenever the computer (xp pro sp1) is booted
up, it goes straight into the adminstrator account and does not even ask for a password!,
If I log out I get the normal xp welcome screen which is what I would like it to boot to.
The admin needs a pass and the user account (with admin privliges) does not.
Any ideas how to get it to boot to the welcome screen (where the admin needs a pass) or directly to the user (the admin account is rarley used)

thanks a load

 

[jrbarnett]

1. Press Ctrl Alt Del.
2. Click "Change Password"
3. Enter your password and verify it.
4. Click OK.
5. Restart the computer

Note: If the user account has admin priveliges, there's no point having a password on the admin account, because the user can do anything on the system anyway.
I'd also seriously consider applying service pack 2 for the security enhancements it puts on the PC.

John

 

[bcastner]

Start, Run, control userpasswords2

On the General page, checkmark the first box if unchecked.
Apply.

Click the "Advanced" tab.

Checkmark the lowest box.

Apply.

Reboot and test.

 

[timesign]

thanks for the tips, I will try them out

FYI: the user account is running fortres security lockdown to prevent the user from doing anything other than running the one program. the program needs to write to an exe / dll file so it needs admin privliges

 

[bcastner]

For Windows to automatically log on a user account during the startup process, the following must be met:

- The Welcome screen must be available
- Guest account access must be turned off
- There must be only one user account on the computer
- The user account must not have a password

Change any of the settings for #2, #3 or #4 will force the Welcome Screen logon.

To make the Welcome screen available after the above change:

1. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click User Accounts.
2. Click "Change the way users log on or off".
3. Click to select the "Use the Welcome screen for fast and easy logon" check box.
4. Click OK.

 

[timesign]

thank you bcastner, exactly as you describe -issue solved

jrbarnnet, when I hit ctrl alt del, i just get the task manager not the box with teh six choices, not sure when you get which.....