Remove 'Welcome' message screen at startup

[Guest]

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.

 

[Mike Warren]

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/microsoft.public.windowsxp.embedded/brows
e_thread/thread/481163e83dcf73cf/0b9dba0840549c19?lnk=gst&q=remove+welco
me+screen&rnum=3#0b9dba0840549c19

or

http://tinyurl.com/2pj7nu

 

[Guest]

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.

 

[Sean Liming \(MVP\)]

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

 

[Mike Warren]

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

 

[JS]

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.

 

[Guest]

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.