My computer is used only by myself & wife (we're retired).  I'm trying to automate 
bootup such that she only has to push the power button, go powder her nose, and the 
system will boot all the way up, even load IE for her.

However, startup sequence presents two icons (administrator and normal user?) to 
me, I must select one before startup continues.

How do I eliminate that step of starting up?

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re: Disable Startup Icon Thursday, January 3, 2008 at 10:14 am Posted by Shawn (610 messages posted) Hi Tom, This will show you how to logon automatically when you turn the computer on or resume from a sleep mode. http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/66966-logon-automatically.html If you want Internet Explore (IE7) to startup automatically for you as well when Vista starts, then you can add IE7 to the startup programs list. If you have 64 bit Vista, then the path is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe If you have 32 bit Vista, then the path is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe This will show you how to add it to the startup programs list. http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/79612-startup-programs-enable-disable.html Shawn There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Disable Startup Icon Thursday, January 3, 2008 at 10:19 am Posted by Steve Dunn (914 messages posted) You shouldn't be seeing 'Administrator' on the welcome screen. If you go into control panel and click on User Accounts, how many are displayed? To make the machine logon automatically, you need get a run box up and type control userpassswords2 and hit enter (vista has removed the run box from the menu by default, so if you can't see it there just hit the windows key+R key together). This will bring up user acounts window - with check box - users must enter a username and password to use this computer. Uncheck the box, Ok it, and you'll be asked for credentials to use for autologon (if account has no password, just leave password blank). Reboot and it should logon automatically. On Thursday, January 3, 2008 at 7:59 am, tom wrote: >My computer is used only by myself & wife (we're retired). I'm trying to automate >bootup such that she only has to push the power button, go powder her nose, and the >system will boot all the way up, even load IE for her. > >However, startup sequence presents two icons (administrator and normal user?) to >me, I must select one before startup continues. > >How do I eliminate that step of starting up? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Disable Startup Icon Thursday, January 3, 2008 at 10:36 am Posted by Steve Dunn (914 messages posted) Nice clear tutorials on that site Shawn On Thursday, January 3, 2008 at 10:14 am, Shawn wrote: >Hi Tom, > >This will show you how to logon automatically when you turn the computer on or resume >from a sleep mode. > >http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/66966-logon-automatically.html > > >If you want Internet Explore (IE7) to startup automatically for you as well when >Vista starts, then you can add IE7 to the startup programs list. > >If you have 64 bit Vista, then the path is: >C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe > >If you have 32 bit Vista, then the path is: >C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe > >This will show you how to add it to the startup programs list. > >http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/79612-startup-programs-enable-disable.html > >Shawn > There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Disable Startup Icon Thursday, January 3, 2008 at 10:40 am Posted by Shawn (610 messages posted) Thank you Steve, I am glad that you like them. Tom, It should be this instead for 32 bit Vista: If you have 32 bit Vista, then the path is: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe Sorry, Shawn There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Vista Discussion Forum