Comments on: Disable Password Prompt at Startup in Windows XP

By: michael

michael — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:37:06 +0000

hi i work out how get old user setting back up, when you make new user account, iam running xp pro and i could not load my user password at start up it driving me nuts so i try everything you can think of, untill i when to system tools and program call [backup] it made back up of the old user setting in administrator folder the one you cannot get in, run the program made a back up to 2nd hd when it finish backing up, i when back to program and copy my folder to my new user folder over right all and then restart the pc and all is well again, it took like 1hour to do, it save me reformatting pc.

By: Mahdi

Mahdi — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:41:37 +0000

This Your Help was very Good and I thank You.

By: Pool Shark

Pool Shark — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:54:34 +0000

Worked great for me…thanks for the help.

By: Suan

Suan — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:46:51 +0000

This works in the sense that I don’t have to enter a password but I am logged in as the “Administrator” user instead of as my usual user. How do I login as my usual user without having to enter a password during STARTUP, even though the account IS password-protected? Thanks.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:08:32 +0000

I’ve used it many times. XP Home and Pro. Worked every time. Did you disable the Welcome screen first? More than likely that is your problem.

By: melanie

melanie — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:47:45 +0000

this method does not work. i have xp professional and the option â€œUsers must enter a user name and password to use this computer.â€ was only on my computer when I first installed windows. after i checked the box, the option disappeared and now I must enter a password every time. this blows.

By: pam

pam — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 18:52:09 +0000

This does not work in my case. On restart I not only get the password screen back but also a message telling me the system could not log me on. I can only get out of this by entering my name again and clicking OK