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NOTE: I WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING RELATED TO THIS TUTORIAL THAT CAUSES ANY ERRORS ON YOUR COMPUTER.

Do you have a long startup time on your computer? Do you often turn your computer on, go away, then come back and be annoyed because after you enter your password you still have to wait?

I have just the thing for you.

Note: This will work only on computers running Windows XP

Step 1: Tell Windows to log in automatically

Click Start | Run | and type ‘CONTROL USERPASSWORDS2′

Click OK

Select the User you want to automatically log in as and uncheck “Users must enter a username and password to use this computer.”

Click Apply

Enter the username and password you want windows to automatically log in as in the boxes and click OK.

Step 2: Tell Windows to Lockdown on Startup

Click on Start

Right Click on All Programs and click Explore

Go to the Startup folder in Programs

Right Click | Go to New | Shortcut | and enter the following into the Box on the screen:

%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation

And that’s it! Restart your computer to see the results.

Basically, what the computer does is Log in, begin loading your startup items and then it locks itself, while continuing to load your items. So, when you get home, turn on your computer, go to eat a Hot Pocket, and come back two minutes later, all you have to do is enter your password and all your items are already loaded up and ready to go.

Hope this saves you some time!

NOTE: It has come to my attention that this will not work on domain-based computers due to the fact that they will not support automatic logon.