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[jackbn]

After installing VMWare, my Windows 7 64-bit system always boots to an icon in the center of the screen, which I must click to complete the boot.

I am the only user, and have no password.

How do remove this nuisance step during boot?

 

[Elmer BeFuddled]

Hi jackbn and Welcome to The Forum.

Can't say why this may have happened, but something to check. In the Start Menu Search or a Run... window, type netplwiz which will open the userpasswords2 window.

Highlight your user name.

If ticked, un-tick the "Users must enter a password to use this computer. Click apply, you'll be prompted to add a password and verify said password. This is entirely optional, you can just OK your way out.

HTH Elmer.

 

[jackbn]

Thanks. That worked.

Not exactly an obvious solution ! !

I had perused Control Panel without finding how to fix it.

 

[Elmer BeFuddled]

Glad to have helped, and agree, not obvious!!

If you want to add Advanced User Accounts to the Control Panel (easiest found in icon view), the following saved as a .reg file, when merged to registry will do that:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{98641F47-8C25-4936-BEE4-C2CE1298969D}]
@="Advanced User Accounts"
"InfoTip"="Starts the \"Control Userpasswords2\" Admin Screen"
"System.ControlPanel.Category"="9"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{98641F47-8C25-4936-BEE4-C2CE1298969D}\DefaultIcon]
@="%SystemRoot%\\System32\\netplwiz.exe"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{98641F47-8C25-4936-BEE4-C2CE1298969D}\Shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{98641F47-8C25-4936-BEE4-C2CE1298969D}\Shell\Open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{98641F47-8C25-4936-BEE4-C2CE1298969D}\Shell\Open\command]
@="Control Userpasswords2"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ControlPanel\NameSpace\{98641F47-8C25-4936-BEE4-C2CE1298969D}]
@="Add Advanced User Accounts to Control Panel"

To remove, run this as a .reg file:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{98641F47-8C25-4936-BEE4-C2CE1298969D}]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ControlPanel\NameSpace\{98641F47-8C25-4936-BEE4-C2CE1298969D}]