Re: Welcome Screen no user
From: Leon Mar (leon.mar_at_mincom.com)
Date: 03/08/04
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Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 17:03:33 +1000
"Alex Nichol" <alexn.mvpdts@ntlworld.delete.com> wrote in message
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> RoveR wrote:
>
> >Just bought a new compaq notepad with XP Home pre-installed. After
switching
> >on and entering the user name (only one account) and running it for a few
> >hours - starting and stopping, etc. everything worked fine.
> >
> >The next morning when it was switched on, the welcome screen, normally
> >containing my selected bitmap and name, did not contain any account.
Hence I
> >could not enter into Windows.
>
> If you boot to Safe Mode, hitting F8 as BIOS info goes to black to get
> the menu, you should find the Administrator icon offered - if not, hit
> CTL-ALT-DEL twice to get the logon screen, where you ought to be able to
> logon as yourself, giving username and password, and certainly as the
> explicit name
> Administrator
> using by default no password.
>
> I suspect what has happened is that a 'logon automatically' has been
> set, without defining the user. Start - Run the line
> control userpasswords2
> Check the box 'Users must use a password' and click Apply
> and you should reappear on Welcome.
Thanks. I will try this trick. But mine you, this is only a XP Home and will
that works?
Certainly if you try to add the mmc user and group management control, it
will not
let you do it.
I will try when I can get my hands on it.
>
> If you uncheck that to get an automatic logon, you must click Apply and
> then enter a correct user name and its password if any.
>
> I would suggest you get TweakUI - one of the XP Powertoys from (if you
> have installed XP SP1)
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp
>
> If you have not installed SP1, the earlier version can be found at
>
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe
>
> Once installed you will find it in Start - All Programs - Powertoys for
> Windows XP
>
> Its Logon page allows you to control which accounts will show on
> Welcome, and Logon - Autologon is an alternative way to set up that.
Let's not confuse my poor user. I do use Power Toys for my other XP Prof
installation.
>
>
> --
> Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
> Bournemouth, U.K. Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit)
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