Getting Internet Exxplorer icon on desktop start screen.

Hi MrJBM,

Please try the steps mentioned below to boot directly to the Start screen:

• On Start Screen
• Type 'netplwiz' without the parenthesis, hit 'Enter' on keyboard to launch User Accounts dialog (Figure 1)
• Select the user from the list and uncheck the check box which says “User must enter a username and password to use this computer”, click OK (Figure 2)
• A new window will Open to enter a password for the selected user (Figure 3)
• Enter the password and click 'OK' (Figure 3)
• The next time system starts or reboots it will be directly logged into the system without having to enter a password

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You may follow the steps mentioned below to create a desktop icon for Internet Explorer:

• Right click on the desktop, choose ‘New’ -> Shortcut’
• In the location field, type: "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" without the parenthesis
• In 'What would you like to name the shortcut' field, type 'Internet Explorer'
• Click 'Next', then 'Finish'
• An icon for Internet Explorer should be created on the desktop

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