Bypass "Click on to load personal information"

[HisSon]

I Had to replace the hard drive on my computer and used the back up on my external HD to restore my information which worked flawlessly. Also upgraded from Office 2003 to 2010.

Went to Windows Update and found some security updates for XP which hadn't been downloaded before. One of these changed something so that I now have to click on the icon representing my settings in order to continue the boot process. This is not the password window but my personal settings icon which is a picture.

I would like to return to being able to turn the computer on and have it boot without any intervention. The other two icons not shown on the page but an option to boot to, would be Administrator and a picture of a yellow race car which I don't know what it represents.

I have searched the internet looking for an answer to how to accomplish this but without success.

Your assistance would be greatly appreciated.

[abseh1]

Start>Control Panel>User Accounts>Change the way users log on/off

then uncheck "Use Welcome Screen", then apply
( you have to only have one user account, and it must have no password.)

Note: Obviously anyone can boot your computer too

[HisSon]

First I apologize abseh1 for not responding sooner. Things have been a little hectic and I hope you will forgive me for this lapse in good manners.

I am sorry to say that the suggestion you offered didn't have the desired effect. When I followed your instruction, there was an option to uncheck the ability to read something off line which I did because it was the only other option checked.

Unchecking the "Use Welcome Screen", brings up the classic log on screen which requires typing in my user name. I have reverted to the "Use Welcome Screen" because it is obviously easier to make one click than have to type my user name each time.

As far as anyone booting my computer, this is a home computer, the kids are gone and after 38 years, my wife and I haven't got a problem booting each other's computers.

[abseh1]

Go to the Start menu, click Run, and type in the following:

control userpasswords2

You will be presented with a window similar to this one:

Uncheck the box, and click the OK button. You will be presented with a password dialog for the currently logged in user.
Now when you reboot your system, you will automatically be logged in.
This can be very useful when you are installing a bunch of software or testing out configurations.
Note: Make sure you clear the password and leave it blank

[HisSon]

Tried it today and just as I feared, it would not allow my stuff to load. It brought up the default XP Desktop and most taskbar icons but no shortcuts on the Desktop and no access to my email.

I had to reverse my steps to restore my settings. I'm thinking there was supposed to be information added to tell XP to load my settings based on searching I did on my wife's computer but I'm not familiar enough with it to know exactly what was needed if anything.