RE: TweakUI Log-in Problem

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From: Greg Palmer (GregPalmer_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/17/04 

Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 13:45:01 -0700

It sounds like you have disabled the welcome screen, try the following.

Click on Start > Control Panel > User Accounts

Click "Change the way user log on or off"

Make sure both boxes are ticked

Click on Apply Options

Restart your machine.

You should now be back to the welcome screen.

"Craig Williams" wrote:

> The basic question is how to get Windows XP Pro to log-in to me, not to
> Administrator, when I power on the PC. That is how it worked until . . .
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> Let me start by saying that this is a self-inflicted wound, caused by my
> ignorance and useless tinkering. I installed TweakUI power toy on Sunday
> (Windows XP Pro on my home PC), and everything seemed to be OK. The next
> day, when I started my PC, it came up to a log-in screen for
> "Administrator." There was no drop-down for selecting another user (my
> previous user name), and I guess I panicked a little when the desktop had
> none of my settings, Internet connection, etc. I could log-in, but it wasn'
> t as me.
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> Figuring that TweakUI had done something to my log-in, I uninstalled it, but
> still no change. So as my anxiety level went up, I decided to reinstall
> Windows. Still no change (except on restart I got BSOD due to "serious
> hardware problems" and by trial and error I figured out that the modem was
> the cause, eventually fixed by changing drivers to an older version - go
> figure!).
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> Finally, I overtyped the log-in of "Administrator" with my own user name
> and, voila, there it was. Everything was back to "normal," except I still
> have to overtype "Administrator" with my user name when I turn on the PC.
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> How do I undo this and have the PC boot up to my desktop, no log-in
> required, just like it used to be? Any suggestions are welcome, except
> those recommending self-flagellation - I've already done that plenty!
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> Thanks,
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> Craig
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