Paul -
many thanks - that opened a whole new world !
we had a double problem, LockScreen + Login Password, both interceding ... neither had made a showing before, in all the time since we’d got the PC up & running, several weeks ago, and we’ve Restarted many times - always a very quick process, until this time, after downloading & installing MS Remote Desktop, from the Windows Store, when it took a while to happen, and gave us a sense of foreboding, which was consummated when they presented themselves ...
Karam had anticipated we might have LockScreen problems, and pre-armed us with this :
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/faq/id...e-edition.html
which worked well, leading to us to make our first addition to the Registry - so a few bells rang, when you made your suggestion, viz :
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\AutoAdminLogon = 1 Create string value if none exists
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\DefaultUsername = local user account create string value if none exists
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\DefaultPassword = password for user above create string value if none exists
along the way we found a quicker way to get into the editor (Windows 8.1 Start screen, second page, the Apps screen, type regedit into the search box & click what’s found) ...
having done that, your file structure comes up ... but only as far as Windows NT, there being no CurrentVersion folder below that ...
not sure, but maybe you meant us to add the rest (?)
in the meantime, however, we found this :
http://www.computerperformance.co.uk...n-registry.htm
which led us to type NetPlwiz into the Apps page search box - clicking the result then gave us a check-box based way of getting-rid of the need for Password on Login ...
finger’s crossed, but can't Restart just now - SWMBO says she needs the house to keep working !
we still can’t get MS Remote Desktop to work, via its name or via its IP address ... the two computers are communicating (Cortex Mobile works fine), but trying to connect via Remote Desktop fails (message being to check that the PC is on & available on the network, and that RD is enabled) ... Task Manager lists Remote Desktop as running, so presumably it is enabled (!), but it doesn’t show up in the Systems Properties dialogue box (which is where the check-boxes to enable it etc would be) ...
OTOH, TeamViewer is working well ...
many thanks
Chris