Since my original reply yo another thread is difficult to find, I started a "new thread."
Since the installation by Sony of .NET Framework causes Windows XP to bring up the logon screen during boot-up (or reboot), here's the fix:
1. You can read the original step-by-step artice at MicroCrap.com here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315231&Product=winxp
1a. If the above link doesn't work, search for article ID: 315231
2. In a nutshell (copied directly from the above-mentioned article):
a. Click Start, click Run, type regedit,and then click OK to start Registry Editor.
b. Locate the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
c. Using your account name and password, double-click the DefaultUserName entry, type your user name, and then click OK.
d. Double-click the DefaultPassword entry, type your password under the value data box, and then click OK.
If there is no DefaultPassword value, follow these steps to create the value:
e. On the Registry Editor menu, click Edit, click New, and then click String Value.
f. Type DefaultPassword as the value name, and then press ENTER.
Double-click the newly created key, and then type your password in the Value Data box.
If no DefaultPassword string is specified, Windows automatically changes the value of the AutoAdminLogon key from 1 (true) to 0 (false) to disable the AutoAdminLogon feature.
g. Double-click the AutoAdminLogon entry, type 1 in the Value Data box, and then click OK.
If there is no AutoAdminLogon entry, follow these steps to create the entry:
g.1. On the Registry Editor menu, click Edit, click New, and then click String Value.
g.2 Type AutoAdminLogon as the value name, and then press ENTER.
h. Double-click the newly created key, and then type 1 in the Value Data box.
i. Quit Registry Editor.
j. Click Start, click Restart, and then click OK.
k. After your computer restarts and Windows starts, you can log on automatically.
Yeah, Thanks SONY for:
1. Adding crap to my system I didn't want without warning.
2. Changing existing settings without warning.
3. Not tell us, your daily-paycheck, how to fix the problem or supplying a simple .reg file we could modify using Notepad, and instructions on how to import it.
4. Making us, your daily-paycheck, seek answers elsewhere to fix the problems YOU created.
Enjoy! It's a wonderful life, eh?
-- terill --
"Security must be evaluated not based on how it works, but on how it fails."
-- Bruce Schneier
http://www.schneier.com/essay-034.html
Since the installation by Sony of .NET Framework causes Windows XP to bring up the logon screen during boot-up (or reboot), here's the fix:
1. You can read the original step-by-step artice at MicroCrap.com here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315231&Product=winxp
1a. If the above link doesn't work, search for article ID: 315231
2. In a nutshell (copied directly from the above-mentioned article):
a. Click Start, click Run, type regedit,and then click OK to start Registry Editor.
b. Locate the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
c. Using your account name and password, double-click the DefaultUserName entry, type your user name, and then click OK.
d. Double-click the DefaultPassword entry, type your password under the value data box, and then click OK.
If there is no DefaultPassword value, follow these steps to create the value:
e. On the Registry Editor menu, click Edit, click New, and then click String Value.
f. Type DefaultPassword as the value name, and then press ENTER.
Double-click the newly created key, and then type your password in the Value Data box.
If no DefaultPassword string is specified, Windows automatically changes the value of the AutoAdminLogon key from 1 (true) to 0 (false) to disable the AutoAdminLogon feature.
g. Double-click the AutoAdminLogon entry, type 1 in the Value Data box, and then click OK.
If there is no AutoAdminLogon entry, follow these steps to create the entry:
g.1. On the Registry Editor menu, click Edit, click New, and then click String Value.
g.2 Type AutoAdminLogon as the value name, and then press ENTER.
h. Double-click the newly created key, and then type 1 in the Value Data box.
i. Quit Registry Editor.
j. Click Start, click Restart, and then click OK.
k. After your computer restarts and Windows starts, you can log on automatically.
Yeah, Thanks SONY for:
1. Adding crap to my system I didn't want without warning.
2. Changing existing settings without warning.
3. Not tell us, your daily-paycheck, how to fix the problem or supplying a simple .reg file we could modify using Notepad, and instructions on how to import it.
4. Making us, your daily-paycheck, seek answers elsewhere to fix the problems YOU created.
Enjoy! It's a wonderful life, eh?
-- terill --
"Security must be evaluated not based on how it works, but on how it fails."
-- Bruce Schneier
http://www.schneier.com/essay-034.html