Asus M4A78LT-M LE + Phenom IIx2 + 4Gb RAM + Win 7.

When I first rebuilt this kit, I set it up as NO log-on password needed.
A couple of months ago, I needed something which needed Admin rights, so I used them. Ever since then, upon boot up, the machine stops and up pops 2 two icons on the screen. One is Admin & the other is My Name Admin. I don’t have to physically put in a password, merely click on My Name Admin. My routine is/was that in the morning, I turn the machine on then make a cup of tea. I like the machine to be on, running, updated & warmed up when I come to use it. Of course in its current state, it stops halfway – so I want to disable the password/Click on.

I Google’d for a method to stop it, & saw someone’s thread saying: "go to run > userpasswords2" etc - which I followed. After un-ticking the appropriate box - when it was rebooting, it invited me to upgrade from IE8 to IE9. So far, this machine won't take IE9 - don't know why (see specific post - please).
As the invitation was there, I clicked 'Yes'. As usual, it came up with "wasn't installed". No great surprise there.

When Windows was opening up, I was pleased to see that the log-on Pass/Click icons were now gone, but so was the Wallpaper/Screen theme. I just thought I’ll re-do it when it’s booted.

When Google came up, I saw that I’d lost all my Favourites ! This was no good, so I decided to Restore a few hours. When I went to restore, the last Point I had was 28th Aug, so I had to use it.

System restored – but so were the log-on icons.

I was hoping that the loss of Favourites was due to trying to upgrade IE, so was looking for “Run > userpasswords2" again to re disable log-on bits again. But it seems that now, I don’t have userpasswords2 any more ! It doesn’t pop up in Run or Search – so I can’t use that method.

Q1/ Did my Fave’s disappear because I was trying the IE update ? I’ve tried this update a dozen times & it’s never done that before.

Q2/ Did my Fave’s disappear because I disabled the Log-on routine ? I didn’t expect that,,,, but nor did I expect it to lose the Wallpaper/Screen theme.

Q3/ Can I re install “userpasswords2" for future use ?

Q4/ Is there another way to disable log-on pass/click ?

Q4a/ Whilst my laptop does boot up o.k, when it comes out of it’s slumber, I have to click on its log-on icon as well – though there is only a choice of one – My Name.

Q5/ Because my machine won’t take IE9, is it likely that it won’t take IE10 when it comes out ? It has taken W SP1.

thanks for reading