To turn the Welcome screen on or off
You must have a computer administrator account to turn
the Use the Welcome screen feature on or off.
Open User Accounts in Control Panel.
Click Change the way users log on or off.
Do one of the following:
To specify that users log on to the computer using the
Welcome screen, select the Use the Welcome screen check
box.
A user logs on to the computer by clicking his or her
user account name on the Welcome screen. If a password is
assigned to the account, the user is prompted to type it.
To specify that users log on to the computer without
using the Welcome screen, clear the Use the Welcome
screen check box.
The Welcome screen will no longer appear when you start
the computer. To log on to the computer, type your user
name (and password, if you have one) in the standard Log
On to Windows dialog box.
Notes
To open User Accounts, click Start, click Control Panel,
and then click User Accounts.
