Here is a user friendly version of how to do it without editing the
windows registry.
hope that helps,
Derek

You can also use turn on automatic logon without editing the registry
in Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition and in Microsoft Windows XP
Professional on a computer that is not joined to a domain. To do this,
follow these steps:
1.	Click Start, and then click Run.
2.	In the Open box, type control userpasswords2, and then click OK.

Note When users try to display help information in the User Accounts
window in Windows XP Home Edition, the help information is not
displayed. Additionally, users receive the following error message:
Cannot find the Drive:\Windows\System32\users.hlp Help file. Check to
see that the file exists on your hard disk drive. If it does not
exist, you must reinstall it.
3.	Clear the "Users must enter a user name and password to use this
computer" check box, and then click Apply.
4.	In the Automatically Log On window, type the password in the
Password box, and then retype the password in the Confirm Password
box.
5.	Click OK to close the Automatically Log On window, and then click
OK to close the User Accounts window.

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