Re: How do I get rid of startup screen of User names? SP2 seems to have slowed everything down...

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"David D" <netrate@xxxxxxxxx> wrote
Against my better judgement, I should have put SP2 on my machine, it
is really slow booting now, sucks to be me. PArt of it is the blasted
startup screen with user names, how can I get rid of this?

How long has it been since SP2 was installed? It can take several days and 3 or 4 reboots for it to speed up. First defrag. The boot prefetch will kick in after the 3 rd reboot. It takes several days for the prefetch folder to be rebuilt. And the in built optimization kicks in every 3 days. After that defrag again. If the system is still slow after some days try some clean boot troubleshooting to see what may be hanging up on startup. A program may need to be uninstalled / reinstalled:

How to troubleshoot by using the System Configuration utility in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560

How to perform a clean boot in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310353

As to the Welcome Screen question, I doubt that is causing the slow down, but you can set the system to auto logon to a particular account. This will bypass the Welcome Screen.

1. Go to Start | Run and type in: control userpasswords2 | Ok.

2. On the Users tab, clear the Users Must Enter A User Name And Password To Use This Computer check box and then click OK.

3. In the Automatically Log On dialog box that appears, type the user name and password for the account you want to be logged on each time you start your computer.

You can accomplish the same thing by:

Download and install TweakUI for XP and use its auto logon feature.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

Lastly you can add the Dialog box that comes up when running control userpasswords2 to the Control Panel with the following tweak:

Add Control User Passwords2 to the Control Panel (Line 1)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

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