Windows XP Home and Professional users can now login automatically when they start their computer. This feature is available in the “Automatic Login” section of the “Accounts” control panel. To enable automatic login, select the “Login automatically when I start my computer” option and enter your user name and password. ..
Note that for security reasons, you would usually want to have a password, but for a home computer you may not care.
Go to the Start menu, click Run, and type in the following:
You will be presented with a window similar to this one:
Uncheck the box, and click the OK button. You will be presented with a password dialog for the currently logged in user.
Now when you reboot your system, you will automatically be logged in.
This can be very useful when you are installing a bunch of software or testing out configurations.
