Hi, The Automatic Login option actually takes you directly to the Finder with no prompts for Username or Password no matter how many users are created. If you also have your Security settings set to prompt for a password after Screen Saver or Sleep, then the password prompt will come up at login as it probably considers that the computer was in one of those states.
Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2013-04-01, at 7:57 AM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > That is the heart of my question. The automatic login setting should prompt > for the selected user's password by default, instead of the user having to > find the account first. However, at least with vo enabled, the password > prompt is read, but the user is unable to type anything, even after > interacting with the text field on which vo claims to be focused. > On Mar 31, 2013, at 10:42 PM, Chris Blouch <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I thought this was what the Automatic Login setting does in the Users & >> groups preferences under Login Options. If not, what does that do? >> >> CB >> >> On 3/31/13 5:39 PM, Alex Hall wrote: >>> Yes, but you'd have to erase all the other accounts on the machine I >>> believe. There may be an option to not prompt for a login at all even with >>> multiple accounts set up, but I've never found it. >>> On Mar 31, 2013, at 4:04 PM, anita <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> This is the same problem I'm having on my MacBook Pro. Is there a way to >>>> disable this log-on screen? >>>> Anita >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: Alex Hall >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2013 9:08 PM >>>> Subject: Re: default login not working right? >>>> >>>> I'll pass that along. Still, vo comes up asking for a password, yet the >>>> user cannot type anything? That seems odd - why would vo ask for a >>>> password you can't type? Again, I set the account to be the default login. >>>> My personal machine has only my account, so I have little experience with >>>> logging into macs. >>>> On Mar 30, 2013, at 7:33 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I don't think that it is a bug. It's just the way the login screen >>>>> displays when it first comes up after startup. Instead of interacting, >>>>> simply press the first letter of the account name then press return. >>>>> After that you can enter the password. >>>>> >>>>> Later... >>>>> >>>>> Tim Kilburn >>>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>>>> >>>>> On 2013-03-30, at 3:01 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>> A friend of mine is not new to the mac, but she is new to vo. I was >>>>>> trying to set things up so she could just type in her account password >>>>>> when the computer starts and hit enter, but something odd happened. When >>>>>> the computer gets to the log-on screen, vo asks for the password, but no >>>>>> keypresses enter anything into the password field. She has to interact >>>>>> with the "users scroll area", vo-space on her account, then enter the >>>>>> password, even though her account is supposed to be the default and vo >>>>>> comes up asking for the password. Is there a way to fix this, so the >>>>>> characters she types are properly registered, or is this yet another vo >>>>>> log-on bug I should report to Apple? thanks. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Have a great day, >>>>>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to [email protected]. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Have a great day, >>>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Have a great day, >>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > > > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) > [email protected] > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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