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by techkid

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Anyone know where the 'Windows always assumes the same user logs on' options are? I installed 2k with an answer as 'yes' and now I wanna change it to 'no' so that I haveta type my password in all the time.

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by syscokid

Run regedit and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon.

Delete DefaultUsername and DefaultPassword. Change AutoAdminLogin to 0 (zero).

by isys

Go to Control Panel/System,Network Identification tab, Network ID button and follow the prompts.

by chris hirst

Control panel.. Users and Passwords uncheck the box that says Assume this user always logs on (or something like that)

Answer 1 is for NT4.0
Answer 2 would work but is a long way around

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