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adelburn

adelburn

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I have activated the hidden administrator account on Vista and I want windows to boot straight to the desktop of my user account, bypassing the login screen.

Trouble is I've completely forgot how to do this:o

Help please
 
Windows+R, type in 'control userpasswords2', click OK, untick the relevant box. Done. :)

Works in XP, Vista, Server 2008, etc. :)
 
Works in XP, dunno about Vista...
Code: 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{98641F47-8C25-4936-BEE4-C2CE1298969D}]
@="User Accounts 2"
"InfoTip"="Starts The Windows 2000 style User Accounts dialog"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{98641F47-8C25-4936-BEE4-C2CE1298969D}\DefaultIcon]
@="%SystemRoot%\\\\System32\\\\nusrmgr.cpl,1"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{98641F47-8C25-4936-BEE4-C2CE1298969D}\Shell\Open\command]
@="Control Userpasswords2"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ControlPanel\NameSpace\{98641F47-8C25-4936-BEE4-C2CE1298969D}]
@="Add Userpasswords2 to Control Panel"
(credit: AutoPatcher)
 
is it possible to just "find" the userpasswords2 thing or do you have to just know about it and run it? Every time I need to change something on it, I have to google for it because I forget exactly what it is you need to run. Don't think I've ever found it just by browsing around control panel type things.

(vista)
 
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