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Turn the Welcome screen off...
1. In Control Panel, click User Accounts.
2. Click Change the way users log on or off.
3. Click to Clear the Use the welcome screen for fast and easy logon check
box.
4. Click OK.
Disadvantages of having the Welcome Screen turned off.
Ctrl + Alt + Delete opens the Windows Security window if the Welcome screen
is turned off instead of opening the Task Manager.
The Welcome screen must be turned on to see the Users tab in Task Manager.
(Fast User Switching must also be turned on.)
Fast User Switching is available only when the Welcome screen is turned on.
Disabling the Welcome Screen removes the user picture from the XP Start
Menu. The Welcome Screen and the Start Menu use the same picture.
The only disadvantage that I see to having the Welcome Screen turned on is
that you get a lot of Failure Audits; Event ID 529 & 680.
Failure Events Are Logged When the Welcome Screen Is Enabled
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=305822
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
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1. In Control Panel, click User Accounts.
2. Click Change the way users log on or off.
3. Click to Clear the Use the welcome screen for fast and easy logon check
box.
4. Click OK.
Disadvantages of having the Welcome Screen turned off.
Ctrl + Alt + Delete opens the Windows Security window if the Welcome screen
is turned off instead of opening the Task Manager.
The Welcome screen must be turned on to see the Users tab in Task Manager.
(Fast User Switching must also be turned on.)
Fast User Switching is available only when the Welcome screen is turned on.
Disabling the Welcome Screen removes the user picture from the XP Start
Menu. The Welcome Screen and the Start Menu use the same picture.
The only disadvantage that I see to having the Welcome Screen turned on is
that you get a lot of Failure Audits; Event ID 529 & 680.
Failure Events Are Logged When the Welcome Screen Is Enabled
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=305822
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In
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Guest
Hi Wesley, Thanks for responding. I'm a newbie and a little confused with
this.
1. I am the only user on this computer.
2.When I start up I see Microsoft's logo, the welcome screen and then my
Desktop.
3.I don't see the Users tab or Task Manager.
4.Why do I need the Users tab if I'm the only user?
5.Why hit Ctrl+Alt+Delete if I don't see the Task Manager or need it if I'm
the only user and I therefore don't need Fast User Switching.
6.I looked on my Start Menu and I don't see a user picture, unless all the
above are hidden and run automatically at Start Up and I'm not aware of it.
7.What I really want Wesley, is to Start my computer and go from Microsoft
logo to my Desktop without any complications, if I can.
8.I would also like to remove the lockup window that appears over my
screensaver...but that is another question.
9.I hope you see my confusion. I'm trying to follow your advise. I need a
little more clarification...sorry about that. I do appreciate your
answering.
Thanks much,
this.
1. I am the only user on this computer.
2.When I start up I see Microsoft's logo, the welcome screen and then my
Desktop.
3.I don't see the Users tab or Task Manager.
4.Why do I need the Users tab if I'm the only user?
5.Why hit Ctrl+Alt+Delete if I don't see the Task Manager or need it if I'm
the only user and I therefore don't need Fast User Switching.
6.I looked on my Start Menu and I don't see a user picture, unless all the
above are hidden and run automatically at Start Up and I'm not aware of it.
7.What I really want Wesley, is to Start my computer and go from Microsoft
logo to my Desktop without any complications, if I can.
8.I would also like to remove the lockup window that appears over my
screensaver...but that is another question.
9.I hope you see my confusion. I'm trying to follow your advise. I need a
little more clarification...sorry about that. I do appreciate your
answering.
Thanks much,
W
Wesley Vogel
Hi Lanoo,
My replies are inline...
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In
I am not a newbie and I am often confused. ;-)
So am I.
I boot right to the Desktop, I do not see the Welcome screen ever, even
though I have it turned on.
I do see the Users tab on the Task Manager, though there's nothing in there
because I am the only user.
No need. In my first post I just included the disadvantages to having the
Welcome screen turned off.
I thought #3 was a typo. Do you mean that Ctrl + Alt + Delete does not open
the Task Manager for you or that the Task Manager will not open with another
method? I.e. Ctrl + Shift + Esc or Right click the Taskbar | Select: Task
Manager or Start | Run | Type: taskmgr | Click OK
The Task Manager has a lot more uses than just seeing the Users tab. See
below. ***
You cannot have a picture if you use the Classic Start Menu. You have to
use the XP Start Menu and have the Welcome Screen turned on. I believe that
you also have to have the Themes service running. I have the Welcome screen
turned on, but I use the Classic Start Menu so I have no Start Menu picture.
Had you asked that in the first place you wouldn't have got all this extra
info. ;-) No problem. Try this.
Do not use control userpasswords2 to create accounts if you are using XP
Home!!!
[[You can also use turn on automatic logon without editing the registry in
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition and in Microsoft Windows XP Professional
on a computer that is not joined to a domain. To do this, follow these
steps:
1. Click Start and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type control userpasswords2 and then click OK.
Note When users try to display help information in the User Accounts window
in Windows XP Home Edition, the help information is not displayed.
Additionally, users receive the following error message:
Cannot find the Drive:\Windows\System32\users.hlp Help file. Check to see
that the file exists on your hard disk drive. If it does not exist, you must
reinstall it.
3. Clear the "Users must enter a user name and password to use this
computer" check box, and then click Apply.
4. In the Automatically Log On window, type the password in the Password
box, and then retype the password in the Confirm Password box.
5. Click OK to close the Automatically Log On window, and then click OK to
close the User Accounts window. ]]
From...
How to turn on automatic logon in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315231
Get rid of the screen saver password.
Right click the Desktop | Properties | Screen Saver tab |
UNSelect the On resume, password protect check box.
If Fast User Switching is turned on, UNSelect the On resume, display Welcome
screen check box. | Click Apply | Click OK
On resume
[[Specifies whether the logon window is displayed when you resume using
the computer after the screen saver has started running. If logging on
requires a password, you will have to type the password when you resume
work.]]
If you had asked #7 in your first post you would not have received all the
info about the Welcome screen. But you asked this question...
And got my answer.
*** This is probably more than you care to know, but here ya go.
Items inside brackets are quoted from Task Manager HELP.
[[Task Manager provides information about programs and processes running on
your computer.]]
[[processes
An executable program, such as Windows Explorer, or a service, such as
MSTask.]]
Process is the technical term for any program code that runs in its own
address space.
[[To end a process with Task Manager
On the Processes tab, click the process that you want to end, and then click
End Process.]]
[[program
A complete, self-contained set of computer instructions that you use to
perform a specific task, such as word processing, accounting, or data
management. Program is also called application.]]
That’s because most of these processes – including most services – run in a
hidden window. This is how Task Manager determines the processes that appear
on the Applications tab. If you can see the window in which the process is
running, then it shows up as an application. If you can’t see the window,
then it doesn’t show up as an application.
[[To end a program with Task Manager
On the Applications tab, click the program that you want to end, and then
click End Task. ]]
The key word here is END.
[[If you end an application, you will lose unsaved data. If you end a system
service, some part of the system might not function properly.]]
A program (application) is something that you use. A process is something
that Windows uses.
-----
This is can be confusing because items can appear under both the
Applications and Processes tabs.
Like notepad.exe that I am using to write this. It appears as
Untitled - Notepad under the Applications tab and notepad.exe under the
Processes tab.
The Applications tab shows the status of the programs running on your
computer.
On this tab, you can Go to Process.
Right click the program
Click: Go to Process
This will switch to the Processes tab with
the related process highlighted.
-----
[[The Networking tab is visible only if the computer is configured with a
network adapter, and the Users tab is shown only if Fast User Switching is
enabled. ]]
[[The Task Manager window contains four tabs: Applications, Processes,
Performance, and Networking. The Applications and Processes tabs provide a
list of applications or processes currently active on your system. It can
also contain a fifth tab; Users.
The Applications tab shows the status of the programs running on your
computer.
On this tab, you can end, switch to, or start a program.
On the Applications tab, click the program that you want to end, and then
click End Task.
On the Applications tab, click the program you want to switch to, and then
click Switch To.
1. On the Applications tab, click New Task.
2. In the Open box, type or select the name of the program you want to add,
and then click OK.
Note
• New Task is identical to the Run command on the Start menu.]]
-----
The Processes tab shows information about the processes running on your
computer.
For example, you can display information on CPU and memory usage, page
faults, handle count, and a number of other parameters.
To sort the list of processes
• On the Processes tab, click the column heading you want to sort by.
Note
• To reverse the sort order, click the column heading a second time.
---
The Performance tab displays a dynamic overview of your computer's
performance, including:
• Graphs for CPU and memory usage.
• Totals for the number of handles, threads, and processes running on your
computer.
• Totals, in kilobytes, for physical, kernel, and commit memory.
My replies are inline...
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In
Lanoo said:Hi Wesley, Thanks for responding. I'm a newbie and a little confused with
this.
I am not a newbie and I am often confused. ;-)
1. I am the only user on this computer.
So am I.
2.When I start up I see Microsoft's logo, the welcome screen and then my
Desktop.
I boot right to the Desktop, I do not see the Welcome screen ever, even
though I have it turned on.
3.I don't see the Users tab or Task Manager.
I do see the Users tab on the Task Manager, though there's nothing in there
because I am the only user.
4.Why do I need the Users tab if I'm the only user?
No need. In my first post I just included the disadvantages to having the
Welcome screen turned off.
5.Why hit Ctrl+Alt+Delete if I don't see the Task Manager or need it if
I'm the only user and I therefore don't need Fast User Switching.
I thought #3 was a typo. Do you mean that Ctrl + Alt + Delete does not open
the Task Manager for you or that the Task Manager will not open with another
method? I.e. Ctrl + Shift + Esc or Right click the Taskbar | Select: Task
Manager or Start | Run | Type: taskmgr | Click OK
The Task Manager has a lot more uses than just seeing the Users tab. See
below. ***
6.I looked on my Start Menu and I don't see a user picture, unless all the
above are hidden and run automatically at Start Up and I'm not aware of
it.
You cannot have a picture if you use the Classic Start Menu. You have to
use the XP Start Menu and have the Welcome Screen turned on. I believe that
you also have to have the Themes service running. I have the Welcome screen
turned on, but I use the Classic Start Menu so I have no Start Menu picture.
7.What I really want Wesley, is to Start my computer and go from Microsoft
logo to my Desktop without any complications, if I can.
Had you asked that in the first place you wouldn't have got all this extra
info. ;-) No problem. Try this.
Do not use control userpasswords2 to create accounts if you are using XP
Home!!!
[[You can also use turn on automatic logon without editing the registry in
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition and in Microsoft Windows XP Professional
on a computer that is not joined to a domain. To do this, follow these
steps:
1. Click Start and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type control userpasswords2 and then click OK.
Note When users try to display help information in the User Accounts window
in Windows XP Home Edition, the help information is not displayed.
Additionally, users receive the following error message:
Cannot find the Drive:\Windows\System32\users.hlp Help file. Check to see
that the file exists on your hard disk drive. If it does not exist, you must
reinstall it.
3. Clear the "Users must enter a user name and password to use this
computer" check box, and then click Apply.
4. In the Automatically Log On window, type the password in the Password
box, and then retype the password in the Confirm Password box.
5. Click OK to close the Automatically Log On window, and then click OK to
close the User Accounts window. ]]
From...
How to turn on automatic logon in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315231
8.I would also like to remove the lockup window that appears over my
screensaver...but that is another question.
Get rid of the screen saver password.
Right click the Desktop | Properties | Screen Saver tab |
UNSelect the On resume, password protect check box.
If Fast User Switching is turned on, UNSelect the On resume, display Welcome
screen check box. | Click Apply | Click OK
On resume
[[Specifies whether the logon window is displayed when you resume using
the computer after the screen saver has started running. If logging on
requires a password, you will have to type the password when you resume
work.]]
9.I hope you see my confusion. I'm trying to follow your advise. I need a
little more clarification...sorry about that. I do appreciate your
answering.
If you had asked #7 in your first post you would not have received all the
info about the Welcome screen. But you asked this question...
How do I remove the Welcome Screen that appears on Start Up. I don't
want It.
And got my answer.
*** This is probably more than you care to know, but here ya go.
Items inside brackets are quoted from Task Manager HELP.
[[Task Manager provides information about programs and processes running on
your computer.]]
[[processes
An executable program, such as Windows Explorer, or a service, such as
MSTask.]]
Process is the technical term for any program code that runs in its own
address space.
[[To end a process with Task Manager
On the Processes tab, click the process that you want to end, and then click
End Process.]]
[[program
A complete, self-contained set of computer instructions that you use to
perform a specific task, such as word processing, accounting, or data
management. Program is also called application.]]
That’s because most of these processes – including most services – run in a
hidden window. This is how Task Manager determines the processes that appear
on the Applications tab. If you can see the window in which the process is
running, then it shows up as an application. If you can’t see the window,
then it doesn’t show up as an application.
[[To end a program with Task Manager
On the Applications tab, click the program that you want to end, and then
click End Task. ]]
The key word here is END.
[[If you end an application, you will lose unsaved data. If you end a system
service, some part of the system might not function properly.]]
A program (application) is something that you use. A process is something
that Windows uses.
-----
This is can be confusing because items can appear under both the
Applications and Processes tabs.
Like notepad.exe that I am using to write this. It appears as
Untitled - Notepad under the Applications tab and notepad.exe under the
Processes tab.
The Applications tab shows the status of the programs running on your
computer.
On this tab, you can Go to Process.
Right click the program
Click: Go to Process
This will switch to the Processes tab with
the related process highlighted.
-----
[[The Networking tab is visible only if the computer is configured with a
network adapter, and the Users tab is shown only if Fast User Switching is
enabled. ]]
[[The Task Manager window contains four tabs: Applications, Processes,
Performance, and Networking. The Applications and Processes tabs provide a
list of applications or processes currently active on your system. It can
also contain a fifth tab; Users.
The Applications tab shows the status of the programs running on your
computer.
On this tab, you can end, switch to, or start a program.
On the Applications tab, click the program that you want to end, and then
click End Task.
On the Applications tab, click the program you want to switch to, and then
click Switch To.
1. On the Applications tab, click New Task.
2. In the Open box, type or select the name of the program you want to add,
and then click OK.
Note
• New Task is identical to the Run command on the Start menu.]]
-----
The Processes tab shows information about the processes running on your
computer.
For example, you can display information on CPU and memory usage, page
faults, handle count, and a number of other parameters.
To sort the list of processes
• On the Processes tab, click the column heading you want to sort by.
Note
• To reverse the sort order, click the column heading a second time.
---
The Performance tab displays a dynamic overview of your computer's
performance, including:
• Graphs for CPU and memory usage.
• Totals for the number of handles, threads, and processes running on your
computer.
• Totals, in kilobytes, for physical, kernel, and commit memory.
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