Remove 'Welcome' message screen at startup

Hello All,

I am building a custom shell using Winlogon component, I can’t use Minlogon
due to some issues. I want to remove the "Welcome" message screen during
Windows XPe boot time.
This question is not related to the splash screen (i.e. setting Noguiboot in
boot.ini)
I think this is part of msgina: ShellReadyEvent. Anyone knowing the solution
please help.

Regards
Roshan.

Roshan R.D wrote:

> I am building a custom shell using Winlogon component, I can’t use
> Minlogon due to some issues. I want to remove the "Welcome" message
> screen during Windows XPe boot time.
> This question is not related to the splash screen (i.e. setting
> Noguiboot in boot.ini)
> I think this is part of msgina: ShellReadyEvent. Anyone knowing the
> solution please help.

Have you included the "Automatic Logon" component?

Here's some more information:

http://groups.google.com/group/micr....embedded/brows
e_thread/thread/481163e83dcf73cf/0b9dba0840549c19?lnk=gst&q=remove+welco
me+screen&rnum=3#0b9dba0840549c19

or

http://tinyurl.com/2pj7nu


--
-Mike

Hello Mike,

Thanks for the reply, I tried the registry settings and added the Automatic
Logon component but still I can see the Welcome Screen for some time on the
screen. What must be missing?

Regards
Roshan.

"Mike Warren" wrote:

> Roshan R.D wrote:
>
> > I am building a custom shell using Winlogon component, I can’t use
> > Minlogon due to some issues. I want to remove the "Welcome" message
> > screen during Windows XPe boot time.
> > This question is not related to the splash screen (i.e. setting
> > Noguiboot in boot.ini)
> > I think this is part of msgina: ShellReadyEvent. Anyone knowing the
> > solution please help.
>
> Have you included the "Automatic Logon" component?
>
> Here's some more information:
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/micr....embedded/brows
> e_thread/thread/481163e83dcf73cf/0b9dba0840549c19?lnk=gst&q=remove+welco
> me+screen&rnum=3#0b9dba0840549c19
>
> or
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2pj7nu
>
>
> --
> -Mike
>

There are alternative solutions to getting rid of the Welcome screen. Here
is a link to my MEDC Lockdown presentation:
http://www.seanliming.com/MEDC2007.html that discusses the alternatives.

Regards,

Sean Liming
www.sjjmicro.com / www.seanliming.com
Book Author - XP Embedded Advanced, XP Embedded Supplemental Toolkit


"Roshan R.D" <RoshanRD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C729D5FA-FAAA-407A-A9FD-FF735BB6948D@microsoft.com...
> Hello Mike,
>
> Thanks for the reply, I tried the registry settings and added the
> Automatic
> Logon component but still I can see the Welcome Screen for some time on
> the
> screen. What must be missing?
>
> Regards
> Roshan.
>
> "Mike Warren" wrote:
>
>> Roshan R.D wrote:
>>
>> > I am building a custom shell using Winlogon component, I can’t use
>> > Minlogon due to some issues. I want to remove the "Welcome" message
>> > screen during Windows XPe boot time.
>> > This question is not related to the splash screen (i.e. setting
>> > Noguiboot in boot.ini)
>> > I think this is part of msgina: ShellReadyEvent. Anyone knowing the
>> > solution please help.
>>
>> Have you included the "Automatic Logon" component?
>>
>> Here's some more information:
>>
>> http://groups.google.com/group/micr....embedded/brows
>> e_thread/thread/481163e83dcf73cf/0b9dba0840549c19?lnk=gst&q=remove+welco
>> me+screen&rnum=3#0b9dba0840549c19
>>
>> or
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/2pj7nu
>>
>>
>> --
>> -Mike
>>

Roshan R.D wrote:

> Thanks for the reply, I tried the registry settings and added the
> Automatic Logon component but still I can see the Welcome Screen for
> some time on the screen. What must be missing?

These are the keys I used to set to prevent the light blue "Welcome"
screen. The side effect is that you will see 2 short dialogs in place
of it.

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

String 'AutoAdminLogon', '1'
String 'DefaultPassword', ''
Integer 'DontDisplayLastUserName', 1
Integer 'DisableCAD', 1
Integer 'LogonType', 0
String 'Shell', ProgName

--
-Mike

Also, if your shell takes a long time to start (eg: a .net app), you may
want
to create a small C program to be your shell. It can show a splash screen
while
it launches your real shell.

Roshan,

What you need to do is in Target Designer, go to the Windows Logon component
and in settings uncheck the "Show Windows Welcome Screen" option. I would
also uncheck the "Show friendly logon" option too if you have automatic logon.



"Roshan R.D" wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> I am building a custom shell using Winlogon component, I can’t use Minlogon
> due to some issues. I want to remove the "Welcome" message screen during
> Windows XPe boot time.
> This question is not related to the splash screen (i.e. setting Noguiboot in
> boot.ini)
> I think this is part of msgina: ShellReadyEvent. Anyone knowing the solution
> please help.
>
> Regards
> Roshan.
>
>
>
>