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JW8725

macrumors 6502a
Original poster
May 8, 2005
740
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UK
Hello,

There is only one user on my mac, namely me. However today my mac decided to show the user log in screen at the start. This didnt used to happen before, it would just go direct to the OS. Anyway I can rid myself of this screen? Thanks for the help!
 
System Preferences->Accounts.

Click on lock icon to authenticate and unlock, then choose Login Options->"Automatically log in as:"
 
Did you set up a password recently? This may have something to do with it. If not, check your Accounts system preferences to see if any settings have been changed.
 
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