Here’s a quick tip which is useful for many users who are the only people logging into their machines. If you find yourself with an XP machine that’s constantly asking you for a password and you want to skip this step (say on a laptop) then this tip is for you!

To get to the menu in Windows to configure Windows to automatically login to a specific user account, first click on the “Start Menu” and select “Run“. From there, type “control userpasswords2” at the prompt, press “Return” and voila!

From here, highligh the user you want to automatically log in and uncheck “Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer“.

Once you click OK, you’ll be prompted to enter this user’s password. Do so and the next time you reboot that user will automatically log in.

Quicktips – How to configure automatic login in WinXP

Originally from ArsGeek by mixmasterp

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