Sign In on XP pro

HawkHawk Fla Icrontian
edited January 2004 in Science & Tech
Just finished loading xp pro and updating service packs and criticals. Now when I restart I get a sign in window that shows an icon with my name. If you click on it --it loads your settings. I don't want that. I just want it to load to desktop. There's another account in the accounts file and it's called ASP.NET Machine A--. I think thats why it asks me to click the icon for my account preferences to load. Is that a program thats critical to running? If not, can I just delete that account? Also, Every time I come to SM now it asks me if I want to DL macromedia flash player. How do I turn that off? Just have to remove those 2 annoying things and I'm set. Except for setting bios for speedy pc. But I'll get into that later. Thnx in advance for the help peeps.

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  • BlackHawkBlackHawk Bible music connoisseur There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    I think you can safetly remove the ASP.NET account. As for the flash player, what browser are you using?
  • JimboraeJimborae Newbury, Berks, UK Member
    edited January 2004
    I believe the asp.net account is there because you have installed the .NET framework. At least thats what it did to me.
  • HawkHawk Fla Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    VoE, I'm using IE. I know, Don't say it. I'm just used to using it.
    Jim, I think it might have loaded with the service pack1. I didn't load it specifically. Isn't there a folder that records all installs so you can uninstall some. I know there's certain ones that you can't uninstall, because when you update it tells you so.
  • BlackHawkBlackHawk Bible music connoisseur There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    The .NET thing is from a windows update. Do you already have flash installed? maybe you could try uninstalling it and then reinstalling it again.
  • HawkHawk Fla Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    Don't need flash. XP has it's own flash program. I tell macromedia no on install and the page loads and all flash ads work.
  • BlackHawkBlackHawk Bible music connoisseur There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    AFAIK XP comes with a old version of Flash. I think it's v6. There's a new version. Just install it.
  • HawkHawk Fla Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    Oh, OK, Does it come up on windows update or should I go to a specific site?
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    If you grabbed all criticals and the recommendeds, it was in the recommendeds unless you did it recently. I did uninstall it, then promptly reinstalled it as all microsoft stuff is being switched to .net including their websites. I would say leave the net stuff alone unless you get real slow performance afterwards.

    XP Pro was tuned for a multi-use box, and you will get the selection if you gave it both an Administrator and a User ID, or just defaulted to the admin ID for login.You can turn off the GUI login with a reg hack, but the results are not worth it normally, I would say just do the GUI click thing. IF you really want an autologin, switch to XP Home, but you will thusly open yourself to some security aspect issues you do not want to open yourself to.

    The Macromedia Flash thing, that is for the main page of this site. A direct entry to http://www.short-media.com/forum/ will get you away from main page, I would make the forum link a direct link favorite or bookmark if you want to use IE and avoid a flash download. Actually, the Flash executable client side stuff does not track your use or otherwise spy, you can use it free and that is what the browser wants. A lot of sites use Flash, including the non-forum parts of this one. I just let the plugin install run and it only is called when flash content is offered. If you have an old flash, the newer versions of IE can grab flash updates also. Uninstalling it completely will give you a PITA as the first site you go to that uses Flash will result in the browser asking you to get it again.... In part, the site web server is asking this, actually, where a site uses flash and is coded to recognize a plugin failure, and in part IE now knows it needs the flash plugin to use flash. The fix would unplug IE's use of plugins, to really fix this permanently.

    John.
  • HawkHawk Fla Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    So, It doesn't have any spyware or doesn't take over programs. Just let it load then.
  • HawkHawk Fla Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    OK, Just let it load and it loaded in 2 secs. No prob. Thnx guys. Guess I'll just live with the sign in.
  • BlackHawkBlackHawk Bible music connoisseur There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash

    It should also automatically download when you view a page that has flash. After it finishes downloading, it asks if you want to install it. Click yes (or something).
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