 | Trusted Advisor with 23,237 posts. | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hillsborough county, Florida Experience: Advanced | | W95/98/ME - How To Prevent Log-In Box From Appearing During Startup This will work with Windows 98SE and Windows ME:
1. Click Start - Run, type in REGEDIT, then click OK. This will open the registry editor.
2. Click the + in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE - Software - Microsoft - Windows - CurrentVersion - Network.
3. In the Network sub-menu, click directly on Real Mode Net to expose its entries in the right pane.
4. If you see AutoLogon listed, right-click it, then click Modify.
5. Change the value from whatever it is to 00 00 00 00 (all zeros), then click OK.
6. If AutoLogon is not present, right-click an empty space in the right pane, then click New - Binary Value.
7. Type in AutoLogon (exactly as you see it here), then press the Enter key to lock in the name.
8. Do steps #4 and #5.
9. Close the registry editor, then reboot.
The password log-in box should no longer appear. | | Trusted Advisor with 23,237 posts. | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hillsborough county, Florida Experience: Advanced | | Just moving this post to the front. I've had people ask for it and can't find it. | | Senior Member with 152 posts. | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: A little south of Tulsa, Oklahoma Experience: Intermediate | | I tried this and it did get rid of the log in box at startup, but some of my icons were missing and my desktop background was missing/ changed? Any way around that? | | Trusted Advisor with 23,237 posts. | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hillsborough county, Florida Experience: Advanced | | The registry tweak will get rid of the password log-in box. It will not have any effects on the desktop appearance. | | Trusted Advisor with 23,237 posts. | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hillsborough county, Florida Experience: Advanced | | | | | Senior Member with 152 posts. | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: A little south of Tulsa, Oklahoma Experience: Intermediate | | I am not too concerned with the log in box, but have another problem that is semi-related? I have a dial up connection and before all my programs have loaded at startup, this "other" dial up connection box appears. It looks different than the normal one and I don't know why it is popping up or how to get rid of it permanently? Any ideas? | | Trusted Advisor with 23,237 posts. | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hillsborough county, Florida Experience: Advanced | | YellowDog:
This post is just to show people how to use this registry tweak.
You need to post your problem in a separate thread in either the Windows 95/98/ME section or the Windows NT/2000/XP section. | | Senior Member with 152 posts. | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: A little south of Tulsa, Oklahoma Experience: Intermediate | | Thank you, I will do that. | | Trusted Advisor with 23,237 posts. | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hillsborough county, Florida Experience: Advanced | | Bumping this forward again. | | Trusted Advisor with 23,237 posts. | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hillsborough county, Florida Experience: Advanced |
05-Sep-2004, 10:34 AM
#10 | | | | Trusted Advisor with 23,237 posts. | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hillsborough county, Florida Experience: Advanced |
18-Sep-2004, 08:04 AM
#11 | | | | Junior Member with 6 posts. | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Michigan Experience: Intermediate |
18-Sep-2004, 08:39 PM
#12 | What about XP Is there a way to disable this in XP? | | Trusted Advisor with 23,237 posts. | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hillsborough county, Florida Experience: Advanced |
19-Sep-2004, 07:04 AM
#13 | Beats me. Someone in the Windows NT/2000/XP forum may know how. This registry tweak only works with Windows 95/98/ME. | | Distinguished Member with 12,082 posts. | | Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: USA |
19-Sep-2004, 08:53 AM
#14 | In Windows XP, just goto the ControlPanel, click on "UserAccounts", then "Change Account" and select "Remove My Password". | | Trusted Advisor with 23,237 posts. | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hillsborough county, Florida Experience: Advanced |
19-Sep-2004, 09:03 AM
#15 | Thanks, Bryan. I knew someone would have an answer for him. | | | |
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