How do I get rid of the “Welcome to Windows: User and Password” box? It disappears after I click cancel, but even going to Users in Control Panel it still hangs around

This question is frequently asked. One way to bypass the box is to make the computer login automatically for you. You can do this by downloading a control panel called TweakUI. This is a really useful program and can change many properties of Windows that you otherwise couldn’t change, or are usually very difficult to change. You can download this from the Microsoft website (www.microsoft.com). Once you have downloaded and installed it go to ‘Start menu’ > ‘Settings’ > ‘Control Panel’, open the ‘TweakUI’ control panel and click the ‘Network’ tab. Place a tick in the white box next to ‘Log on automatically at system startup’ (by clicking the white box) and fill in the ‘User name’ text box with whatever you want (eg. donh) but do not fill in the ‘Password’ box, this is not required. Click the ‘Ok’ button and restart Windows. You should not get the box at startup asking you for your username and password anymore because Windows automatically logs in for you.