New user login issue

[KTC]

Hi all. I am using XP Home and have my account only on it. I wanted to create
a new account for my spouse and was able to successfully create the account,
and if preferred, use a password.

However when i try to log in to the new account, the desktop wallpaper
momentarily flashes in a fraction of a second and brings me back to the
login. Second, third, forth and any more attempts to login have the same
result.

Any ideas on what might be creating this issue an how to resolve it?
Much appreciated.

 

[Ron Badour]

I'd delete the user account, reboot and then establish a new one. Then see
if the same behavior occurs.

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Regards

Ron Badour
MS MVP
Windows Desktop Experience

 

[KTC]

Hi Ron, After doing some research I deleted the account, rebooted, typed
"control passwords2" and the box requiring users to create passwords was
UNchecked. I left it as is, created a new account without a password and
tried to switch user and login.

The login flashes the desktop for a split-second and then brings me back to
the login screen. A reboot did not change anything. Assigning a password does
not seem to have any effect.

Any other ideas come to mind?

 

[Richard]

Hi Ron, After doing some research I deleted the account, rebooted, typed
"control passwords2" and the box requiring users to create passwords was
UNchecked. I left it as is, created a new account without a password and
tried to switch user and login.

The login flashes the desktop for a split-second and then brings me back
to
the login screen. A reboot did not change anything. Assigning a password
does
not seem to have any effect.

Any other ideas come to mind?

Hi "KTC",

Your first message mentioned you are using XP Home Edition. What Service
Pack? SP3? I'm using XP-Pro-SP3, and I'm not clear on what all is different
between the 2 editions relative to User Accounts and Logons, so some of my
observations might not apply. (Is "passwords2" above, a typo for
"userpasswords2"?)

To try things out, I just created another user account on my computer, from
the Control Panel> User Accounts program. Then went to Start> Run "control
userpasswords2", and changed the new account to the Power Users Group. And I
UNchecked the box requiring passwords. I took a break for awhile, meanwhile
the screen saver came on after 7 minutes, and when I touched a key to cancel
it, surprise, I was at the login screen. I wasn't paying attention, so
didn't notice if it flashed the desktop for a split-second before the login
screen appeared. I checked Desktop Properties, Screen Saver tab, and there
was a checkmark in "On resume, display Welcome screen", which I promptly
unchecked. It wasn't checked before I created the new user account. That
setting might be related to your problem, except you are trying to login,
not resume from screen saver. I already had, and still have, Fast User
Switching enabled. You might trying disabling and re-enabling that. There
are certainly some strange happenings associated with creating user
accounts. I would have never thought that creating an account would change a
setting in the screen saver tab of Display Properties. I also checked
Control Panel> Power Options> Power Schemes and it was still set to turn off
Monitor after 15 minutes, and everything else set to Never. Whether or not
your computer is on a domain might make a difference how some things work
too. Mine is a workgroup setup, not domain.

HTH (Hope This Helps
--Richard