Lost my Welcome Screen and icon

[George]

Would appreaciate any ideas from MVP's or experts on how to get my
post-bootup Welcome Screen and "icon" back....when I bootup now, it goes
straight to desktop. I like the icon first.

I'm using WinXP-pro, am the only user of this PC, and 2 weeks ago installed
whatever few critical updates (security I think) were on the MS website. I
also upgraded to Office 2003...its Business Contact Manager required me to
install MS .NET 1.1 framework that came on the Office 2003 CD.

What I really liked *after* these installs (I don't know which one did it
but) is that my PC booted up to a bright blue screen with a user-sign-on
icon for me. (It's the one you get in "create an account"). Since then, I
boot up, click on my icon (about 1" square) each morning, no password is
required, and it then goes to the desktop.

It quit today. Bootup now goes straight to desktop. it quit right after I
checked for Windows updates and installed:

Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1

Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0 Service Pack 3, English Version

I really like the icon method, is there any way to get my icon back? I have
another PC and for some reason (it has 4 accounts), it has ALWAYS booted up
to a Welcome Screen with its four icons on.

By the way, I already made sure "Use Wecome Screen" is checed in... Start >
Cntl Panel (new version) > User Accounts > User accounts > Change the way
users log on or off > [X] Use the Welcome screen

Thanks,
George

 

[Guest]

My computer has done the same thing and I also don't know what happened?
Also looking for the answer to fix it.

 

[Guest]

Exact same thing happened to me too & I know for sure I've done nothing to
make it this way. Anyone figured it out yet? Thanks!

My computer has done the same thing and I also don't know what happened?
Also looking for the answer to fix it.

Would appreaciate any ideas from MVP's or experts on how to get my
post-bootup Welcome Screen and "icon" back....when I bootup now, it goes
straight to desktop. I like the icon first.

I'm using WinXP-pro, am the only user of this PC, and 2 weeks ago installed
whatever few critical updates (security I think) were on the MS website. I
also upgraded to Office 2003...its Business Contact Manager required me to
install MS .NET 1.1 framework that came on the Office 2003 CD.

What I really liked *after* these installs (I don't know which one did it
but) is that my PC booted up to a bright blue screen with a user-sign-on
icon for me. (It's the one you get in "create an account"). Since then, I
boot up, click on my icon (about 1" square) each morning, no password is
required, and it then goes to the desktop.

It quit today. Bootup now goes straight to desktop. it quit right after I
checked for Windows updates and installed:

Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1

Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0 Service Pack 3, English Version

I really like the icon method, is there any way to get my icon back? I have
another PC and for some reason (it has 4 accounts), it has ALWAYS booted up
to a Welcome Screen with its four icons on.

By the way, I already made sure "Use Wecome Screen" is checed in... Start >
Cntl Panel (new version) > User Accounts > User accounts > Change the way
users log on or off > [X] Use the Welcome screen

Thanks,
George

 

[Guest]

Go to Start, Control Panel and User Accounts. Verify your logon method.
Click on "Change the way users log on or off". Here you can choose the type
of logon method which also changes the way your screen looks at logon. If a
screen pops up that you cannot change your logon because you have "Offline
files" setting turned on then turn this feature off to allow you to change
your logon method. Apply options and close any open windows and restart
computer.

Exact same thing happened to me too & I know for sure I've done nothing to
make it this way. Anyone figured it out yet? Thanks!

My computer has done the same thing and I also don't know what happened?
Also looking for the answer to fix it.

Would appreaciate any ideas from MVP's or experts on how to get my
post-bootup Welcome Screen and "icon" back....when I bootup now, it goes
straight to desktop. I like the icon first.

I'm using WinXP-pro, am the only user of this PC, and 2 weeks ago installed
whatever few critical updates (security I think) were on the MS website. I
also upgraded to Office 2003...its Business Contact Manager required me to
install MS .NET 1.1 framework that came on the Office 2003 CD.

What I really liked *after* these installs (I don't know which one did it
but) is that my PC booted up to a bright blue screen with a user-sign-on
icon for me. (It's the one you get in "create an account"). Since then, I
boot up, click on my icon (about 1" square) each morning, no password is
required, and it then goes to the desktop.

It quit today. Bootup now goes straight to desktop. it quit right after I
checked for Windows updates and installed:

Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1

Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0 Service Pack 3, English Version

I really like the icon method, is there any way to get my icon back? I have
another PC and for some reason (it has 4 accounts), it has ALWAYS booted up
to a Welcome Screen with its four icons on.

By the way, I already made sure "Use Wecome Screen" is checed in... Start >
Cntl Panel (new version) > User Accounts > User accounts > Change the way
users log on or off > [X] Use the Welcome screen

Thanks,
George

 

[Guest]

Hi, thanks for that. Unfortunately tried all that already. Everything in
settings is as it should be, that's why this is so strange. The guys at my
computer shop couldn't even fix it, but assured me it WAS windows update that
had somehow stopped my log in icon thingy from appearing. They were still
nice enough to charge me though After they had told me that, I looked to
see if any1 here had the same problem, and saw George has the exact same
thing happening as me. It's not really that big a deal, but is just I want it
as it was before microsoft F'd it, so it's more frustration than anything.
Thanks again

Go to Start, Control Panel and User Accounts. Verify your logon method.
Click on "Change the way users log on or off". Here you can choose the type
of logon method which also changes the way your screen looks at logon. If a
screen pops up that you cannot change your logon because you have "Offline
files" setting turned on then turn this feature off to allow you to change
your logon method. Apply options and close any open windows and restart
computer.

Exact same thing happened to me too & I know for sure I've done nothing to
make it this way. Anyone figured it out yet? Thanks!

My computer has done the same thing and I also don't know what happened?
Also looking for the answer to fix it.

:

Would appreaciate any ideas from MVP's or experts on how to get my
post-bootup Welcome Screen and "icon" back....when I bootup now, it goes
straight to desktop. I like the icon first.

I'm using WinXP-pro, am the only user of this PC, and 2 weeks ago installed
whatever few critical updates (security I think) were on the MS website. I
also upgraded to Office 2003...its Business Contact Manager required me to
install MS .NET 1.1 framework that came on the Office 2003 CD.

What I really liked *after* these installs (I don't know which one did it
but) is that my PC booted up to a bright blue screen with a user-sign-on
icon for me. (It's the one you get in "create an account"). Since then, I
boot up, click on my icon (about 1" square) each morning, no password is
required, and it then goes to the desktop.

It quit today. Bootup now goes straight to desktop. it quit right after I
checked for Windows updates and installed:

Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1

Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0 Service Pack 3, English Version

I really like the icon method, is there any way to get my icon back? I have
another PC and for some reason (it has 4 accounts), it has ALWAYS booted up
to a Welcome Screen with its four icons on.

By the way, I already made sure "Use Wecome Screen" is checed in... Start >
Cntl Panel (new version) > User Accounts > User accounts > Change the way
users log on or off > [X] Use the Welcome screen

Thanks,
George