Welcom screen gone...

[Jerry]

I just reformatted my HD and re-installed XP Pro. In the
process I inadvertently set it up for a domain (because I
had been installing XP at work and that's what I do
there!). But this computer is at home and not on a
network.

Now, I cannot get the welcome screen to come up and it
appears to be because I'm "assigned" to a domain. How do
I undo that?

(The welcome screen is the opening window that shows all
the users with their little icons and you pick which one
to logon.)

Thanks in advance.

Jerry

 

[Jason Tsang]

Control Panel, System
Then goto the Computer name tab
Then hit the "Change" button

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I just reformatted my HD and re-installed XP Pro. In the
process I inadvertently set it up for a domain (because I
had been installing XP at work and that's what I do
there!). But this computer is at home and not on a
network.

Now, I cannot get the welcome screen to come up and it
appears to be because I'm "assigned" to a domain. How do
I undo that?

(The welcome screen is the opening window that shows all
the users with their little icons and you pick which one
to logon.)

Thanks in advance.

Jerry

Remove the computer from the "domain," and add it to a workgroup.
The Welcome Screen is automatically disabled for domain networking.

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Bruce Chambers

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