Enabling Auto-Logon...

Of course on a Home Theater PC you don't want to have to supply username and password every time you start up the machine. So in order to establish that I enabled the auto-logon feature:

1. Start "netplwiz" from the start menu
2. In the window that comes up, uncheck the "Users must enter a username and password to use this computer".
3. Click "Apply"
4. A new dialog pops up in which to supply the username/password combination you want to auto-logon
5. Click OK and exit.

Job done!