Some people don’t like to enter a user name or password to use their computer. For others it’s pointless as they are the only one using the computer. To disable the Login Prompt follow the steps below.
That’s it. You no longer have to enter a user name or password to use the computer.
At work we have a Core 2 demo running Windows Vista. This demo is not connected to the network because we don’t want people coming in and changing the background image to display something obscene or pornographic. There is a neat little trick that I found one day while trying to figure out how I could reset the time until the user had to activate Windows Vista.
With every new operating system comes headaches as we find that our favorite programs or hardware no longer works with it. If you’re like me, you’re probably being forced into using Windows because everyone else does. Then again, if I had Linux installed on my box along side Vista, I’d feel a bit dirty and I’d be using a real boot loader like GRUB. In Vista Microsoft did away with the ntldr.exe and boot.ini files and replaced it with a new program.
Startup Process
After the system gives control to the Master Boot Record, Vista then takes charge of the system and starts itself:
1. The MBR reads the boot sector of the active partition and executes the Bootmgr.exe program.
2. The Boot Manager reads the configuration file and gives the user the choices it that’s contained in that file.
3. Once a choice is selected one of the following is done: