2 questions

[Legacyc]

Sorry if the following questions are mindnumbingly easy but they are bugging me.

1. When I start up my computer I want it to go directly to my desktop. It used to go to a pretty little icon that I had to click to get to my desktop but I figured out how to get it to the old skool version where I have to type the name and pass(I have no pass), this is a little more bearable but I want no extra step between startup and desktop.

2. When I press ctr+alt+del it takes me to a menu where I can choose the task manager but I want it to go directly to task manager.

Thank you

 

[xtknight]

Did you recently join a domain?

 

[networkman]

Assuming Windows 2000 or XP Pro, here's one possible way:

Regedit

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
SOFTWARE
Microsoft
Windows NT
CurrentVersion
Winlogon

Modify "DefaultUserName" to your user name ie., after the = sign

Right-click, New, String Value "Default Password"
Modify "DefaultPassword" and put in your password

If you're on a domain you'll need to modify "DefaultDomainName" to = your domain name

And lastly, right-click, New, String Value "AutoAdminLogon"
Modify "AutoAdminLogon" and put in a value of 1


So you end up getting as an example:

DefaultUserName=MyName
DefaultDomainName=Domain
DefaultPassword=password
AutoAdminLogon=1

This works for both Win2k and XP Pro. YMMV on other O/S versions.

 

[toant103]

run this command in the run box. control userpasswords2
uncheck users must enter a user name and password to use this computer

 

[Legacyc]

Thank you for solving problem #1.
1 used networkman's method but toant103's would have been simpler

 

[networkman]

Although I could be mistaken, I don't think you can do what you want in #2. It may well be possible to disable all of the other choices on the menu except the Task Manager button, but I don't think you can re-direct the call entirely.