On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 04:48:07PM -0700, Joseph Tainter wrote: > .NET framework comes with various things, very few of which are > tied to XP Pro (which, unless you are on a large network, is > pretty much indistinguishable from XP Home or XP Media Edition). > I'm not sure now what I installed that required .NET framework > on my (XP) notebook; I think it might have been Adobe Lightroom. > > ----- > > Okay, you've got my attention. I take it that .NET forces you to log in > even if otherwise you don't want or need to? Is that correct?
Only indirectly. Installing the .NET framework (which is needed for all sorts of applications: I got it when installing Lightroom, but I'm sure there are other useful applications that require it) creates a new user account (named ASP.NET Machine Account). If you have more than one user account then you will be forced to log in, rather than being able to automatically log in at startup. > I go to great lengths to customize, eliminate, or avoid software > annoyances. How do I avoid this one? What software should I avoid? I got rid of the login screen by adding an entry to the registry. Under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList, creating a DWORD named ASPNET "hides" this account from logins. (Registry editing, of course, should only be attempted by people who feel comfortable playing down in the innards of the software; a mistake in this process can render your whole machine unusable). See also http://www.mvps.org/marksxp/WindowsXP/aspdot.php This suggests that deleting the account would work, but I wasn't brave enough to try that. (It also suggests that this problem is fixed in Service Pack 1 for the .NET framework, but based on my experience this isn't the case; that's why I resorted to the registry trick, and why I'm a little cautious about taking any other advice or assurances from that page). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
