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Changing The Logon Screen From The Classic Logon Prompt To The Welcome Screen
Although the title is pretty self explanitory about my question I will get a little more indepth. I am the only account on my XP Pro and I enjoyed turning on my computer and having it login for me but I guess I changed something. Now instead of the "Welcome Screen" comming up and logging me in right away the "Classic Logon Prompt" comes up and makes me press enter to login. I know its only an extra button to push but... it's an extra button to push! Also I have custom logon screens that I want to use but can't with the "Classic Logon Prompt". I went through XP HELP and all it says is to click on "Change the way users log on or off" and that just brings me to a page with CHECKED "Use the Welcome Screen" and "Use Fast User Switching" boxes. Also someonem suggested this http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm (line 80) with a registry tweak but that also doesn't work. I'm totally confused, any help would be appreciated, thanks.
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>>Use Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) to add your logon information:
Click Start, click Run, type regedit,and then click OK to start Registry Editor.
Locate the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWAR
Using your account name and password, double-click the DefaultUserName entry, type your user name, and then click OK.
Double-click the DefaultPassword entry, type your password under the value data box, and then click OK.
If there is no DefaultPassword value, follow these steps to create the value:
On the Registry Editor menu, click Edit, click New, and then click String Value.
Type DefaultPassword as the value name, and then press ENTER.
Double-click the newly created key, and then type your password in the Value Data box.
If no DefaultPassword string is specified, Windows automatically changes the value of the AutoAdminLogon key from 1 (true) to 0 (false) to disable the AutoAdminLogon feature.
Double-click the AutoAdminLogon entry, type 1 in the Value Data box, and then click OK.
If there is no AutoAdminLogon entry, follow these steps to create the entry:
On the Registry Editor menu, click Edit, click New, and then click String Value.
Type AutoAdminLogon as the value name, and then press ENTER.
Double-click the newly created key, and then type 1 in the Value Data box.
Quit Registry Editor.
Click Start, click Restart, and then click OK.
After your computer restarts and Windows starts, you can log on automatically.
If you want to bypass the automatic logon to log on as a different user, hold down the SHIFT key after you log off or after Windows restarts. Note that this procedure applies only to the first logon. To enforce this setting for future logoffs, the administrator must set the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWAR
Value:ForceAutoLogon
Type: REG_SZ
Data: 1
You can also use the following steps to enable automatic logon without editing the registry in Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP Professional (not joined to a domain):
Click Start, and then click Run.
In the Open box, type control userpasswords2, and then click OK.
In the dialog box that appears, clear the Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer check box, and then click OK.
<<ref:http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315231
Also: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=291559
Or, check this:
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article04-103
Download TweakUI and use it for auto logon if your not comfortable with editing the Registry.






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Hey everybody, thanks for answering. Sorry it took so long, I was trying different things and nothing seemed to work. Finally I took Kenneniah's comment and looked at my StyleXP. Everything looked fine but my Welcome Screen still wouldnt show up so I just clicked the "Restore to XP default" button and checked it worked so thanks.
Well I obviously misread your question. :( Too easy I guess.
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Microsoft Windows XP is the sixth release of the NT series of operating systems, and was the first to be marketed in a variety of editions: XP Home and XP Professional, designed for business and power users. The advanced features in XP Professional are generally disabled in Home Edition, but are there and can be activated. There were two 64-bit editions, an embedded edition and a tablet edition.