re: Login Problems
Tuesday, October 2, 2001 at 2:32 am
Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by S.K.
(9 messages posted)
Ever tried to use TweakUI autologon? Maybey this could be the solution for your problem.
Activate it and then de-activate it.
Greetz, S.K.
On Monday, August 13, 2001 at 12:50 pm, Coby Wan Kenobi wrote:
>Okay... I posted this in the old Windows 98 forum, but I figured I may as well
post
>it here too, since I'm still having the problem in Windows ME.
>
>I have three computers on a home network system, with one shared network drive hosted
>by my computer, and a shared printer hosted on my step-dad's computer (which will
>be referred to as "PARENTS"). To be able to acces these resources, one must be
able
>to log on to the network when the computer starts. However, on PARENTS, we are
having
>problems with the log in prompt.
>
>Whenever PARENTS boots up, it will present us with the log in prompt. This may
be
>the Windows Network prompt, the Microsoft Family prompt, or the regular Windows
Login
>prompt, it makes no difference. After only a fraction of a second, the prompt is
>disabled, and Windows automatically logs in as the "Default", or null, user. This
>is the same as if someone had just hit the "Esc" key at the prompt, and therefore
>prevents us from accessing the shared resources, until we Log Off, and Log In again.
>
>
>The surprising fact of the matter is that this computer is running on a fresh install.
> We had these same problems when we were running Windows 98 Second Edition, and
were
>hoping that the re-format and upgrade would solve the problem.
>
>I have been given a couple bits of advice on this problem sofar. One was to delete
>a registry key: "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Network\Real
>Mode Net\AutoLogon" which does not exist. Another was to create a string "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Network\Logon\'MustBeValidated
>= 1'". That key helps by prohibiting the "Default user" login, but still leaves
>me with the annoyance of having to wait for the computer to process the bad login,
>click "OK", and then log in as myself.
>
>Does anyone have a complete solution to this problem, that will prevent the computer
>from trying to automatically log on?
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- Login Problems (Coby Wan Kenobi: Monday, August 13, 2001 at 12:50 pm)
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