Guest Thomas Posted February 13, 2008 Posted February 13, 2008 On Win 2K Pro I have 2 Administrator Accts. + 2 Other. On another HD, I have Vista Ultimate & w/ Vista when I boot up I get three icons from which I can choose & check: 1 for Admin., 1 for my User Name; and a Third for Guest. Can I get the same sort of options on boot-up to Win 2K Pro's screen? NOTE: I do not need or use Passwords, so none are required for booting to either HD. However w/ Win 2K Pro, it just boots right into my Wallpaper, Start Menu, Desktop, etc. WITHOUT giving me an option which of the accounts I might wish to utilize. I want to be able to access the other accts. sometimes. Thanks for any clarity on settings or whatever it takes. -- Thomas Peter v B
Guest John John Posted February 14, 2008 Posted February 14, 2008 Re: Options for Logging On Look in Contro Panel | Users and Passwords -> Users must enter a user name... John Thomas wrote: > On Win 2K Pro I have 2 Administrator Accts. + 2 Other. On another HD, I have > Vista Ultimate & w/ Vista when I boot up I get three icons from which I can > choose & check: 1 for Admin., 1 for my User Name; and a Third for Guest. > Can I get the same sort of options on boot-up to Win 2K Pro's screen? NOTE: > I do not need or use Passwords, so none are required for booting to either > HD. However w/ Win 2K Pro, it just boots right into my Wallpaper, Start > Menu, Desktop, etc. WITHOUT giving me an option which of the accounts I might > wish to utilize. I want to be able to access the other accts. sometimes. > Thanks for any clarity on settings or whatever it takes.
Guest Thomas Posted February 14, 2008 Posted February 14, 2008 Re: Options for Logging On Hello, J: Thank you for trying. Unfortunately, it asks for User Name AND a password. I don't use passwords. Vista Ultimate gives me 3 sign-in icon options and does not ask for a password. Is it possible to get ALL accts. to show after boot-up on the screen so I can get into the one I want, or is that only a feature added w/ Vista Ultimate? -- Thomas Peter v B "John John" wrote: > Look in Contro Panel | Users and Passwords -> Users must enter a user > name... > > John > > Thomas wrote: > > > On Win 2K Pro I have 2 Administrator Accts. + 2 Other. On another HD, I have > > Vista Ultimate & w/ Vista when I boot up I get three icons from which I can > > choose & check: 1 for Admin., 1 for my User Name; and a Third for Guest. > > Can I get the same sort of options on boot-up to Win 2K Pro's screen? NOTE: > > I do not need or use Passwords, so none are required for booting to either > > HD. However w/ Win 2K Pro, it just boots right into my Wallpaper, Start > > Menu, Desktop, etc. WITHOUT giving me an option which of the accounts I might > > wish to utilize. I want to be able to access the other accts. sometimes. > > Thanks for any clarity on settings or whatever it takes. >
Guest John John Posted February 14, 2008 Posted February 14, 2008 Re: Options for Logging On No. That first appeared on Windows XP, the Windows 2000 doesn't do that, users have to enter their names. You can use blank passwords if you want but if the machine connects/networks to another computer blank passwords can create problems. John Thomas wrote: > Hello, J: > Thank you for trying. Unfortunately, it asks for User Name AND a > password. I don't use passwords. Vista Ultimate gives me 3 sign-in icon > options and does not ask for a password. Is it possible to get ALL accts. to > show after boot-up on the screen so I can get into the one I want, or is that > only a feature added w/ Vista Ultimate?
Guest Thomas Posted February 21, 2008 Posted February 21, 2008 Re: Options for Logging On John: Thank you for attempting to address this issue. I go to Control Panel, Users and Passwors, open it up. I click on Advanced; I get 5 categories of users: Administrators, ASPNet, Guest, Preferred Customer (which has Admin. rights), and a 5th under my name (also w/ Admin. rts.). What I WANT is to boot up under Preferred Customer which is the user acct. I have used ever since I bought the machine 5 years ago & which has ALL my settings, files, etc. IT NEVER HAD OR USED A PASSWORD, nor do I want one. I just want it to boot up like it used to--automatically through the set-up screens onto my desktop. HOW DO I GET IT TO BOOT to PREFERRED CUSTOMER? I have tried highlighting that user category, but it boots instead into one of the other user accts., "Administrator" , I think. Please advise if there is a way. W/ XP Pro and Vista Ult. I get to select at a boot-up screen which User acct. I want. With W2K, I do not seem to be able to re-set which acct. I get to use (see) once I boot up into W2K. I have read through the 1,767-page Win2K Professional Resource Kit book in vain. It should be simple to pick which User acct. will boot-to-desktop. Thanks. Thomas -- Thomas Peter v B "Thomas" wrote: > Hello, J: > Thank you for trying. Unfortunately, it asks for User Name AND a > password. I don't use passwords. Vista Ultimate gives me 3 sign-in icon > options and does not ask for a password. Is it possible to get ALL accts. to > show after boot-up on the screen so I can get into the one I want, or is that > only a feature added w/ Vista Ultimate? > -- > Thomas Peter v B > > > "John John" wrote: > > > Look in Contro Panel | Users and Passwords -> Users must enter a user > > name... > > > > John > > > > Thomas wrote: > > > > > On Win 2K Pro I have 2 Administrator Accts. + 2 Other. On another HD, I have > > > Vista Ultimate & w/ Vista when I boot up I get three icons from which I can > > > choose & check: 1 for Admin., 1 for my User Name; and a Third for Guest. > > > Can I get the same sort of options on boot-up to Win 2K Pro's screen? NOTE: > > > I do not need or use Passwords, so none are required for booting to either > > > HD. However w/ Win 2K Pro, it just boots right into my Wallpaper, Start > > > Menu, Desktop, etc. WITHOUT giving me an option which of the accounts I might > > > wish to utilize. I want to be able to access the other accts. sometimes. > > > Thanks for any clarity on settings or whatever it takes. > >
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