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Windows XP Default Welcome Screen

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  • 18-01-2013 9:23am
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    PopIT
    Registered Users Posts: 223 ✭✭


    Hi Folks,
    I have a Dell Optiplex GX620 running Windows XP Professional. I am trying to get it to look more XP'ish at boot up. At the moment it comes up with what looks like the old W2K log on instead of the usual list of user's to log on. Also in control panel when I click on users that also looks like W2K and there is no sign of the tick box there to use the default log on.
    Any help greatly appreciated.


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    FSL
    Registered Users Posts: 1,456 ✭✭✭FSL


    Do you mean its just a plain blue background without the user icons?

    If you have the machine set to require ctrl + alt + del before presenting the log on screen then that's what you get.


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    sKeith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,404 ✭✭✭✭sKeith


    Find "To turn the Welcome screen on or off" on following page,

    http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ua_logon_at_welcome_page_w.mspx?mfr=true


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    PopIT
    Registered Users Posts: 223 ✭✭PopIT


    FSL wrote: »
    Do you mean its just a plain blue background without the user icons?

    If you have the machine set to require ctrl + alt + del before presenting the log on screen then that's what you get.

    No I tried that. It comes up with a log on box regardless of weather or not that is ticked. I might need to re install windows on it but do not want to this just yet. Thank you for your reply.


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    sKeith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,404 ✭✭✭✭sKeith


    You should not need to reinstall windows.
    If you have your machine set up as a domain member it will also do this.

    Remove yourself from the domain.


    EDIT: To remove from domain, add youself to a workgroup. You can name the worgroup anything, i think the default is 'workgroup'


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    PopIT
    Registered Users Posts: 223 ✭✭PopIT


    sKeith wrote: »
    Find "To turn the Welcome screen on or off" on following page,

    http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ua_logon_at_welcome_page_w.mspx?mfr=true

    Thank you for your reply. Problem with this is that there is no check box for this when I bring up the users through the control panel.


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    PopIT
    Registered Users Posts: 223 ✭✭PopIT


    PopIT wrote: »

    No I tried that. It comes up with a log on box regardless of weather or not that is ticked. I might need to re install windows on it but do not want to this just yet. Thank you for your reply.

    This what comes up for the user list in control panel.


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    sKeith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,404 ✭✭✭✭sKeith


    i've just browsed there on mine, start, settings , control panel, user accounts, advanced tab, in secure logon, turn off require users to press CRTL+ALT+DEL. is the xp version professional?


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    sKeith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,404 ✭✭✭✭sKeith


    In your image there is two tabs.. users and advanced.. click advanced.


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    sKeith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,404 ✭✭✭✭sKeith


    image attached.


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    quaidox
    Registered Users Posts: 399 ✭✭quaidox


    on the advanced tab, uncheck the "require users to press ctrl+alt+delete" checkbox at the bottom of the window


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    PopIT
    Registered Users Posts: 223 ✭✭PopIT


    sKeith wrote: »
    In your image there is two tabs.. users and advanced.. click advanced.

    Got it. Many Thanks. Had to turn off "Offline Files" as well. No just have to sort out the network connection on it and I am squared away. Many thanks.


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    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    If you want to log in automatically, you will need to enable Fast User Switching (may require uninstalling the Novell client).

    Then type/copy/paste the following into the Run box:
    control userpasswords2

    Clear the box "User must enter password" and click OK, now enter the user name and password you want to log in automatically.


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