Login Screen at the start of XP

I've tried everything I know of to get rid of it but with my limited XP experience I haven't had an success at it. Please help with the following if possible:

Upon powering up XP there is a screen where you enter your username and password. I am wanting to bypass this login screen as I haven't assigned a password - want it to go directly through. Please, any help will be much appreciated!

 

Go to Control Panel > User Accounts > Change the way users log on to this computer > Choose the "Use the Welcome Screen" Option

If you are the only user on the computer you will go directly through.

 

Thanks for the quick replies. There is a login that I don't remember setting up. It is something....dot'net' (I'm at work, talking about home PC) can I delete that user account?

 

excellent! Thanks TimW and BirdBath.

 

Kill The .Net Login (right here at MG )
http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=57079

 

Excellent! Thank you. I've been hesitating installing .NET on a new partition because of the login screen. Great post.

 

Oh Crap!!! I'm in BIG trouble.. I've messed up the login big time and now need the administrator password. Argh!!! Please help - how can I reset or get the Admin password?

 

Does this link help? http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=57079

It opens a window for resetting the password.

 

I can't even get in there. The is a login window asking for the admin password before allowing access!!

 

Leave the password line empty and hit O.K.

 

I wish it was that easy, tried it but to no avail. Would MS have a default password? Isn't there a bypass for formating?

 

Yes
Boot from CD, run Windows setup.
Formating, You will loose all data


What do you want to do
Format?
If you format, you'll be reinstalling Windows
Bypass login screen?

You can use a free utility to Blank out or reset the password
http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/

 

Thanks for the replies. I've just managed to reinstall XP. I've lost everything so here I go re-installing all the software again.

 

If you install MS .Net Framework you'll end up with password login again, then just use the link I posted for "Kill The .Net Login"


Good luck
any prob's just post em, someone will help