How can I display
the local Administrator account on the
Windows XP Welcome screen?
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XP doesn't display the Administrator account on the Welcome
screen by default. However, you can add this account by performing
the following steps:
- Start a registry editor (e.g., regedit.exe).
- Navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList
subkey.
- From the Edit menu, select New, DWORD Value.
- Enter Administrator as the subkey name, then press Enter.
- Double-click the new value, set it to 1, and click OK.
- Close the registry editor.
The Administrator account will now appear on the Welcome
screen. You can use these same steps to control which other
accounts appear on the Welcome screen. Set the registry account
value to 1 to display an account or 0 to hide an account.
For example, to hide the account for user John, add a value
named "john" to the registry subkey identified in step 2 and
set the value to 0.
How can I enable
autologon for Windows XP?
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To enable autologon and bypass XP's prompt to enter a username
and password, perform the following steps:
- Select Run from the Start menu.
- Enter
control userpasswords2
and click OK.
- Select the Users tab.
- Uncheck the "Users must enter a user name and password
to use this computer."
- Click OK.
- When the system prompts you, enter a username and password
for users who automatically log on, and click OK.
How can I
execute a scheduled task immediately
using Task Scheduler?
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Go to the Scheduled Tasks applet in Control Panel, right-click
the task you want to start immediately, and select Run from
the displayed context menu.
