WinXP Logon/off screen

[DaveB]

Hi Guy's..

I had cause to install Pinnacle Studio onto a different pc on Sat and a consequence is that I now get the logon/logoff window on startup/shutdown. I've got rid of the 'Welcome' screen and deleted the .net user but can't remember how to get rid of the little logon/off window. Any pointers much appreciated as this small detail drives me barmy ;-) I am the sole user/administrator and the guest account is turned off. WinXP SP2.

ATB

DaveB :tab:

[Scorpius]

For Windows to automatically log on a user account during the startup process, the following must be met:

- The Welcome screen must be available
- Guest account access must be turned off
- There must be only one user account on the computer
- The user account must not have a password

To make the Welcome screen available:

1. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click User Accounts.
2. Click "Change the way users log on or off".
3. Click to select the "Use the Welcome screen for fast and easy logon" check box.
4. Click OK.

To turn off Guest account access:

1. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click User Accounts.
2. Click the Guest account.
3. Click "Turn off Guest access".

To remove the password from the user account:

1. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click User Accounts.
2. Click the user account.
3. Click "Remove my password".
4. Type the password in the "Type your current password" box, and then click Remove Password.

That should do the trick Dave.

Neville

[DaveB]

Hi Nev

Does this mean I'll get the 'Welcome' screen back?? Prior to putting Studio10 on.. I hit the ON button on the pc and windows flashed straight up.. no logon window asking for a password (I don't have one anyway) and no welcome screen. I want to return it to that state if at all possible. The only thing I don't have set as per your instruction above is 'Use the welcome screen for fast and easy logon' :think:

I'll give it a whirl and see what pop's up ;-)

Cheers

ATB

DaveB :tab:

[Scorpius]

Try this Dave:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/usin ... logon.mspx

I may have sent you on a wild goose chase mate!

[TSR2]

Hi Dave,

Just to clear up some confussion, are you gettting the small box in the middle of the screen that says "Press Ctl +Alt +Delete" to logon?

If you are, it has just switched off the welcome screen and reverted to standard windows logon.

To switch the welcome screen back on, go into the control panel and manage users. I can't remember off the top of my head but there are two check boxes, one disables fast user switching, and the other enables (or disables) classic logon, (Classic logon being "Press Ctl +Alt +Delete" to logon?)

[DaveB]

Hi Guy's..

It was the "Use the Welcome screen for fast and easy logon" ticked that did the trick Why the hell does it say use the welcome screen when in fact, ticking the box does the exact opposite

Anyway.. sorted Tks Nev (and Ben) for your input

Btw.. if anyone is interested.. Studio10 installs netframework 1.1 (I'd always wondered where the hell it came from) and this appears to be the little tinker that disrupts the startup as it add's another user (.net) ;-)

ATB

DaveB :tab:

[ianhind]

For some historical reason I do have a password on XP (something to do with networking?), but it still logs ons automatically with the help of TweakUI, the unofficial add on from Microsoft.

This would have been my suggestion, but you got there anyway.

[SkippyBing]

Tangentially related story, a few years ago I had some sort of hard drive hiccup that required the use of the repair option on the Win XP install disc. That worked and I soon found myself back loading up Windows (top tip, always have two computers that can connect to the internet even if one's a five year old laptop you accidentally installed linux on). It then presented me with the log in screen, which I'd never seen before, turns out that after a repair XP will insist you log on as the administrator, which I was, but it won't recognise an empty password field so I couldn't actually get into windows. Cue a reinstall of XP, since then I've always put a password on my account to avoid wasting another day installing software.