Welcome/Login screen

[CobStardust]

I have lost the standard Welcome/Login screen with all the user names, and it has reverted to the old style login window. I have used the Control Panel - User Accounts function to no avail. How do I get it back?

 

[gpalmer711]

When you say you have used the User Accounts part of the control panel have you done the following?

Start > Settings > Control Panel > User Accounts > Change The Way Users Log On or Off > tick "Use the Welcome Screen".

Are you part of a Network Domain? If so the Welcome Screen is not available in a domain environment.

Greg Palmer

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Any feed back is appreciated.

 

[bcastner]

Start, Run, control userpasswords2

Uncheck the box on the second page.

 

[CobStardust]

I'm not part of a Netwowk and both fields mentioned by gpalmer711 and bcastner are set as you suggest.

 

[bcastner]

Welcome Screen - Enable

Start/Run/Regedit

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]

Value Name: LogonType Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value) Value Data: (0 = Classic Mode, 1 = Welcome Screen) Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called 'LogonType' and edit the value according to the settings below. Reboot.

More information and options here:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_wel_screen.htm

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/win_xp_logon.htm

Welcome Screen - Hide

This setting hides the welcome screen that is normally displayed each time the user logs on to Windows XP Professional. Go to Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer.

Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called 'NoWelcomeScreen' and edit the value according to the settings (0 = default, 1 = hide). You want a value of 0 here. Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.

source:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm

 

[CobStardust]

None of these made any difference.

 

[bcastner]

On a Windows XP-based computer that is part of a workgroup and has the Fast User Switching feature enabled, the computer may start without displaying the "Welcome" logon screen.

The Guest account is not relevant when Windows determines if there is only one user without a password. If there is only one user registered on the computer, the "Welcome" logon screen is not displayed before the account is logged on.

You can use the Fast User Switching feature to gain access to the Guest account.

Note that this behavior occurs only if the user account is part of a workgroup (not a domain) and any of the following conditions exist:

- No password is configured for the user account.
- No other users are registered on the computer.

To work around this behavior, either add a second user to the computer or create a password for the user account. This prevents the account from being logged on automatically.

Third-Party Programs Disable Welcome Screen

Some 3rd party applications, such as PCAnywhere, replace the Windows XP logon routine with their own. This script is designed to correct this, and allow you to use the Windows XP Welcome Screen.

Usage: Download fix_xp_logon.vbs and save this file to your hard drive. Navigate to where you saved it and double click the file. A confirmation dialog will appear when finished. You may need to log off/back on or restart your computer for the change to take effect. This script can be viewed in Notepad or any text editor, as to the specific Registry key and value that are updated.

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts/fix_xp_logon.vbs

VPN Disabled the Welcome Screen

Start/Run/Regedit
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version\WinLogon. In the right pane, remove the entry for Gina.DLL.