My Documents on Startup

[Denny]

My daughter's computer loads My Documents right after startup. I have
checked the registry for the reason why and found nothing, checked the
startup in msconfig, and the Startup Folder, but I can't get it to just
startup up at the desktop. Can someone tell me why this would happen and
how to fix it? TIA!

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT Go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

Look in the right pane for a value called "Userinit". It should read:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.exe,

If not, double click the Userinit value and change it. The comma at the end is intentional and necessary. If your XP installation is on a drive other than C:, change the path accordingly.

 

[Denny]

Thanks for the quick response Doug. I will try this.
Click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT Go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

Look in the right pane for a value called "Userinit". It should read:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.exe,

If not, double click the Userinit value and change it. The comma at the end
is intentional and necessary. If your XP installation is on a drive other
than C:, change the path accordingly.