how to remove the windows xp password prompt?

[MrNase]

Hi there!

I have a problem with my Windows XP SP2.. Some while ago my account was password protected and now I removed the password but there's still the password prompt but NO password.. I can confirm that prompt with 'enter' without actually entering a password.

How can I remove that so that my computer starts without any password prompt!?

[ManagerJosh]

Are you talking about the traditional Windows NT Domain styled login?

[ChrisLM2001]

Use Tweak UI with the auto login option. No more password prompting screen.

Chris

[MrNase]

But why does it ask for a password? There is no password anymore

ManagerJosh: yes

[ManagerJosh]

At that login window, Did CTRL+ALT+DEL work?

If it doesn't, there's a possibility. If you have some sort of program that created a limited account (ie. .NET or Zend, it interfers with the login process)

[ChrisLM2001]

But why does it ask for a password? There is no password anymore

ManagerJosh: yes

Have fast user switching off? It'll bring up the login screen unless you have an auto login.

Chris

[Mike Warner]

Tweak UI would fix this no problem as well as being a useful tool to have on your system.

[Matthew Gordon]

You don't even need TweakUI. Start -> Run -> "rundll32 netplwiz.dll,UsersRunDll" (without quotes), highlight your username, and uncheck "Users must enter a username and password to access this computer."

[ChrisLM2001]

Yeah, but that's without any passwords. With Tweak UI the password is encrypted and stored, and there's no need to type it in. It's an autologin with password option.

Chris

[Matthew Gordon]

The method I described above works with passwords as well.

[MrNase]

Thank you, Tweak UI did the trick