re: Login Problems
Wednesday, October 24, 2001 at 4:09 am
Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by rada
(6 messages posted)
solve for WinME:
1)find: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Network\Real
Mode Net
2)create a new DWORD named Autologon and put 1 as a value
3)set a new user in Control Panels
4)restart PC
On Tuesday, August 21, 2001 at 8:18 am, Guy wrote:
>sorry i can't help, but i have the exact same problem, os i would be interested
to
>know of any cures.
>
>
>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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