How to automatically login a new registered user?

I'm not sure if this should be in this section of the forum sorry if it shouldn't :p
anyway when new users register on my forum they never login after, they never appear active.
is there a way to make registered users automatically login after registering, I don't want users thinking they've been banned or rejected

Hello,

1. Administration Panel
2. Users & Groups
3. Users --> Users Option
4. New accounts activation : to Automatic activation

thanks for the reply but i already did that, what i want is the newly registered user to automatically login after registering

so when they register instead of it just saying "Your account has been activated" you can login or whatever it says , i want it to actually log the person in automatically after registering,
Or can that not be done?

Sorry. But its not possible. After registration, member should log in to enter the forum.

oh well thanks anyway