[Thunderbird]

This should be very simple, but I can't figure it out. My boot camp installation starts up at a welcome screen with a list of users (there is only one). The only user has no password. I can't complete the Bootcamp in Parallels installation because it won't go past the welcome screen. How do I set windows to automatically login a particular user without showing the welcome screen first?

[ghporter]

In Control Panel, select Users, then on the main Users screen, click on the "Change the way users log off and on" (I may have that wording off slightly) option. In the new window you get, unselect the "Welcome Screen" option.

I have found that Windows has some rather important configuration options that are not user friendly to say the least. In a "managed" environment some of these, such as the use of the Welcome Screen, make sense-you don't want Joe User (aka "idiot") mucking around with that sort of thing. But for single user and home installations, this should be much easier to alter.

[Thunderbird]

Originally Posted by ghporter 

In Control Panel, select Users, then on the main Users screen, click on the "Change the way users log off and on" (I may have that wording off slightly) option. In the new window you get, unselect the "Welcome Screen" option.

I have found that Windows has some rather important configuration options that are not user friendly to say the least. In a "managed" environment some of these, such as the use of the Welcome Screen, make sense-you don't want Joe User (aka "idiot") mucking around with that sort of thing. But for single user and home installations, this should be much easier to alter.

I tried that. Instead of the welcome screen with the users names listed, it just has a login window where I have to type in the username. It doesn't go directly to the desktop.

This should be a whole lot easier.