windows: removing the welcome/login screen in xp for single user logon

To log in automatically, type this command (it's a shortcut to 'User Accounts'):

control userpasswords2

Click the desired user's logon name, then click OK and enter the password when prompted (which is probably a blank).


To set the password for the current user to a blank, get to a cmd prompt and run this command:

net user "%UserName%" ""{Enter}

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