Re: [wdvltalk] OT: ridding myself of the Windows Welcome screen
Thing is, no knife was mentioned till I got there! (D)Ef(f)initely free enterprise in the NHS. :-( Joseph ['We know we said "y", but it's "x" ' - I'll be more cautious next time ;-)] From: "Peter MacGregor" Hope he wasn't a union surgeon, Joseph - you know, "One out all out"! LOL Peter MacGregor At 10:40 20/10/2006, you wrote: I'm still a bit groggy from lettting surgeons near, and had assumed this problem would get one eureka or another. I too have suddenly acquired the unwanted log in screen. It appeared after allowing Xp updates and i had assumed it was the usual 'Bill knows best' virtual Nanny State at work. Joseph The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
Re: [wdvltalk] OT: ridding myself of the Windows Welcome screen
uot;type *just* the right question into Google". You have to have a fairly twisted mind to produce the answer you want at the first, or even fifty-first, attempt. None of the 300-plus computer users that I support can do this, or I'd be out of a job. Also when I said 'to save you the trouble' that's exactly what I meant, it would have been quite rude of me to just leave it at steps 1-3 when I had the answer on my screen. But if I had just posted the answer without the method, perhaps I would have been posing as some kind of super guru instead of just someone who used Google to get the answer... modesty and helpfulness, see, not bitterness and cheap shots at all :-) Thanks, Bj. You are correct in that you really do have to twist your mind to find what you need sometimes. I thought I was searching on the right words but as you can see, I was wrong. I also assumed just searching in the WinXP help files on my own computer would yield me the answer - bzzzt - wrong answer, Deb! I have been in tech support for about twenty years but frankly, skill, knowledge, experience and training are only useful in about 5% of situations. Mainly I earn my living by switching equipment off and back on again, and when that occasionally fails, typing *just* the right question into Google / looking in *just* the right place in the manual or help file... it's a rare gift, I mean a *rare* gift. Erm, also, I must admit finding this one probably was more like the fifty-first attempt, the first time I had to look for it... I do appreciate the trouble you went to to find it for me. I'm not going to mess w/this anymore. I just don't have the time and after being totally locked out after my attempts - I'm now more on the paranoid side of terrified of this happening again. It would have been nice had the program that installed this given me the option of setting it up this way - I'd have surely checked NO! It has to be either the printer or the Wacom Pen Tab as this all happened after that. I do remember something about MSN Messenger or ??? coming up but for the life of me can't remember what it was now. I was just dumbfounded to have installed all of this, gone to bed, got up - rebooted and suddenly there is was w/no warning. There oughta be a law against software doing this but then I would imagine they'd listen about as well as the spammers listen to the laws about spamming and to the people who don't want it. Deb Bj - Original Message - From: "PBC Web Design" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 2:48 AM Subject: Re: [wdvltalk] OT: ridding myself of the Windows Welcome screen At 05:17 PM 10/19/2006, you wrote: The answer takes a bit of finding, you have to type just the right question into Google. Apparently, this was the problem. I had not worded my searches correctly in the WinXP help files to find what you did. Nothing I found in the help files had anything like this. I neglected to mention that I did try the WinXP help files before posting. I did not however, try Google. Thank you. I will try this. :: Deb | PBC Web Design :: http://www.PBCWebDesign.com . The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM . To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. . The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM . To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: unknown lmsubst tag argument: '' To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.2/471 - Release
Re: [wdvltalk] OT: ridding myself of the Windows Welcome screen
*just* the right question into Google / looking in *just* the right place in the manual or help file... it's a rare gift, I mean a *rare* gift. Erm, also, I must admit finding this one probably was more like the fifty-first attempt, the first time I had to look for it... I do appreciate the trouble you went to to find it for me. I'm not going to mess w/this anymore. I just don't have the time and after being totally locked out after my attempts - I'm now more on the paranoid side of terrified of this happening again. It would have been nice had the program that installed this given me the option of setting it up this way - I'd have surely checked NO! It has to be either the printer or the Wacom Pen Tab as this all happened after that. I do remember something about MSN Messenger or ??? coming up but for the life of me can't remember what it was now. I was just dumbfounded to have installed all of this, gone to bed, got up - rebooted and suddenly there is was w/no warning. There oughta be a law against software doing this but then I would imagine they'd listen about as well as the spammers listen to the laws about spamming and to the people who don't want it. Deb Bj - Original Message - From: "PBC Web Design" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 2:48 AM Subject: Re: [wdvltalk] OT: ridding myself of the Windows Welcome screen At 05:17 PM 10/19/2006, you wrote: The answer takes a bit of finding, you have to type just the right question into Google. Apparently, this was the problem. I had not worded my searches correctly in the WinXP help files to find what you did. Nothing I found in the help files had anything like this. I neglected to mention that I did try the WinXP help files before posting. I did not however, try Google. Thank you. I will try this. :: Deb | PBC Web Design :: http://www.PBCWebDesign.com . The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM . To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. . The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM . To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: unknown lmsubst tag argument: '' To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.2/471 - Release Date: 10/10/2006 The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
Re: [wdvltalk] OT: ridding myself of the Windows Welcome screen
printer or the Wacom Pen Tab as this all happened after that. I do remember something about MSN Messenger or ??? coming up but for the life of me can't remember what it was now. I was just dumbfounded to have installed all of this, gone to bed, got up - rebooted and suddenly there is was w/no warning. There oughta be a law against software doing this but then I would imagine they'd listen about as well as the spammers listen to the laws about spamming and to the people who don't want it. Deb Bj - Original Message - From: "PBC Web Design" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 2:48 AM Subject: Re: [wdvltalk] OT: ridding myself of the Windows Welcome screen At 05:17 PM 10/19/2006, you wrote: The answer takes a bit of finding, you have to type just the right question into Google. Apparently, this was the problem. I had not worded my searches correctly in the WinXP help files to find what you did. Nothing I found in the help files had anything like this. I neglected to mention that I did try the WinXP help files before posting. I did not however, try Google. Thank you. I will try this. :: Deb | PBC Web Design :: http://www.PBCWebDesign.com The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: unknown lmsubst tag argument: '' To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
Re: [wdvltalk] OT: ridding myself of the Windows Welcome screen
At 01:16 AM 10/20/2006, you wrote: I apologise sincerely for any offence if you thought I was being sarcastic at you! I should have said "type *just* the right question into Google". You have to have a fairly twisted mind to produce the answer you want at the first, or even fifty-first, attempt. None of the 300-plus computer users that I support can do this, or I'd be out of a job. Also when I said 'to save you the trouble' that's exactly what I meant, it would have been quite rude of me to just leave it at steps 1-3 when I had the answer on my screen. But if I had just posted the answer without the method, perhaps I would have been posing as some kind of super guru instead of just someone who used Google to get the answer... modesty and helpfulness, see, not bitterness and cheap shots at all :-) Thanks, Bj. You are correct in that you really do have to twist your mind to find what you need sometimes. I thought I was searching on the right words but as you can see, I was wrong. I also assumed just searching in the WinXP help files on my own computer would yield me the answer - bzzzt - wrong answer, Deb! I have been in tech support for about twenty years but frankly, skill, knowledge, experience and training are only useful in about 5% of situations. Mainly I earn my living by switching equipment off and back on again, and when that occasionally fails, typing *just* the right question into Google / looking in *just* the right place in the manual or help file... it's a rare gift, I mean a *rare* gift. Erm, also, I must admit finding this one probably was more like the fifty-first attempt, the first time I had to look for it... I do appreciate the trouble you went to to find it for me. I'm not going to mess w/this anymore. I just don't have the time and after being totally locked out after my attempts - I'm now more on the paranoid side of terrified of this happening again. It would have been nice had the program that installed this given me the option of setting it up this way - I'd have surely checked NO! It has to be either the printer or the Wacom Pen Tab as this all happened after that. I do remember something about MSN Messenger or ??? coming up but for the life of me can't remember what it was now. I was just dumbfounded to have installed all of this, gone to bed, got up - rebooted and suddenly there is was w/no warning. There oughta be a law against software doing this but then I would imagine they'd listen about as well as the spammers listen to the laws about spamming and to the people who don't want it. Deb Bj - Original Message - From: "PBC Web Design" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 2:48 AM Subject: Re: [wdvltalk] OT: ridding myself of the Windows Welcome screen At 05:17 PM 10/19/2006, you wrote: The answer takes a bit of finding, you have to type just the right question into Google. Apparently, this was the problem. I had not worded my searches correctly in the WinXP help files to find what you did. Nothing I found in the help files had anything like this. I neglected to mention that I did try the WinXP help files before posting. I did not however, try Google. Thank you. I will try this. :: Deb | PBC Web Design :: http://www.PBCWebDesign.com The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
Re: [wdvltalk] OT: ridding myself of the Windows Welcome screen
I apologise sincerely for any offence if you thought I was being sarcastic at you! I should have said "type *just* the right question into Google". You have to have a fairly twisted mind to produce the answer you want at the first, or even fifty-first, attempt. None of the 300-plus computer users that I support can do this, or I'd be out of a job. Also when I said 'to save you the trouble' that's exactly what I meant, it would have been quite rude of me to just leave it at steps 1-3 when I had the answer on my screen. But if I had just posted the answer without the method, perhaps I would have been posing as some kind of super guru instead of just someone who used Google to get the answer... modesty and helpfulness, see, not bitterness and cheap shots at all :-) I have been in tech support for about twenty years but frankly, skill, knowledge, experience and training are only useful in about 5% of situations. Mainly I earn my living by switching equipment off and back on again, and when that occasionally fails, typing *just* the right question into Google / looking in *just* the right place in the manual or help file... it's a rare gift, I mean a *rare* gift. Erm, also, I must admit finding this one probably was more like the fifty-first attempt, the first time I had to look for it... Bj - Original Message - From: "PBC Web Design" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 2:48 AM Subject: Re: [wdvltalk] OT: ridding myself of the Windows Welcome screen At 05:17 PM 10/19/2006, you wrote: The answer takes a bit of finding, you have to type just the right question into Google. Apparently, this was the problem. I had not worded my searches correctly in the WinXP help files to find what you did. Nothing I found in the help files had anything like this. I neglected to mention that I did try the WinXP help files before posting. I did not however, try Google. Thank you. I will try this. :: Deb | PBC Web Design :: http://www.PBCWebDesign.com . The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM . To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.7/488 - Release Date: 19/10/2006 The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
Re: [wdvltalk] OT: ridding myself of the Windows Welcome screen
At 05:17 PM 10/19/2006, you wrote: Here they are to save you following steps 1 - 3: 1. Click Start, then click Run 2. In the Open box, type 'control userpasswords2', and then click OK. 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. This didn't work for me. On reboot, the welcome screen showed up behind an error msg that I could not be logged in. Clicked ok, welcome screen went from fade to unfade and so I wound up w/2 steps to get into Windows vs the one original one - having to click out of the error msg and clicking the account button to enter Windows. From there things went downhill to the point of being totally locked out of my computer. After firing up my laptop, several googles got me some possible fixes for getting back in which I was able to accomplish. A system restore took me back to where I was before I tried all of this. It's times like these I am reminded that the money I spent on my laptop was money very well spent, LOL! Thank you for trying, Bj. :: Deb | PBC Web Design :: http://www.PBCWebDesign.com The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
Re: [wdvltalk] OT: ridding myself of the Windows Welcome screen
At 04:16 PM 10/19/2006, you wrote: Hi Deb By the sound of it, whatever you've installed recently requires the .NET Framework to run so it's installed that as well. Looks like with .NET Framework running, your computer needs an explicit login as exactly the same thing happened to me when I installed Visual Studio .NET. Once I uninstalled it, taking the .NET Framework with it, the login returned to normal. This of course doesn't fix your problem if something on your system requires .NET Framwork. I was never able to sort it out myself. MOU Thank you, MOU. Is there anyway to track down which program would require this? I did try uninstalling the Wacom Pen Tab and the 3rd party bundle software that came w/it as this welcome screen thing I'm pretty sure appeared after these things were installed, but uninstalling all of that didn't get rid of it. Would a printer need this? I don't know what .NET framework does so I don't know the logical places to look for associated programs. :: Deb | PBC Web Design :: http://www.PBCWebDesign.com The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
Re: [wdvltalk] OT: ridding myself of the Windows Welcome screen
At 05:17 PM 10/19/2006, you wrote: The answer takes a bit of finding, you have to type just the right question into Google. Apparently, this was the problem. I had not worded my searches correctly in the WinXP help files to find what you did. Nothing I found in the help files had anything like this. I neglected to mention that I did try the WinXP help files before posting. I did not however, try Google. Thank you. I will try this. :: Deb | PBC Web Design :: http://www.PBCWebDesign.com The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
Re: [wdvltalk] OT: ridding myself of the Windows Welcome screen
The answer takes a bit of finding, you have to type just the right question into Google. Most of our PCs at work have to be set up to prompt for a login but if you need something like a Powerpoint presentation to run immediately on power up then you have to do just what you are asking and set the machine to start Windows without a login. To do this: 1. Ask Google "Start XP without login" 2. Follow the link to the Microsoft page at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315231 3. Follow the instructions Here they are to save you following steps 1 - 3: 1. Click Start, then click Run 2. In the Open box, type 'control userpasswords2', and then click OK. 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. - Original Message - From: "David Precious" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 10:23 PM Subject: Re: [wdvltalk] OT: ridding myself of the Windows Welcome screen On 19/10/06, Ross Clutterbuck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This of course doesn't fix your problem if something on your system requires .NET Framwork. I was never able to sort it out myself. The " Master Of the Universe" can't fix a simple Windows problem? Man, what *is* this world coming to? :) (before you ask, no I haven't a clue how to fix it, short of offering Deb a Linux install CD ) Dave P . The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM . To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.7/488 - Release Date: 19/10/2006 The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
Re: [wdvltalk] OT: ridding myself of the Windows Welcome screen
On 19/10/06, Ross Clutterbuck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This of course doesn't fix your problem if something on your system requires .NET Framwork. I was never able to sort it out myself. The " Master Of the Universe" can't fix a simple Windows problem? Man, what *is* this world coming to? :) (before you ask, no I haven't a clue how to fix it, short of offering Deb a Linux install CD ) Dave P The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
Re: [wdvltalk] OT: ridding myself of the Windows Welcome screen
Hi Deb By the sound of it, whatever you've installed recently requires the .NET Framework to run so it's installed that as well. Looks like with .NET Framework running, your computer needs an explicit login as exactly the same thing happened to me when I installed Visual Studio .NET. Once I uninstalled it, taking the .NET Framework with it, the login returned to normal. This of course doesn't fix your problem if something on your system requires .NET Framwork. I was never able to sort it out myself. MOU ___ All new Yahoo! Mail "The new Interface is stunning in its simplicity and ease of use." - PC Magazine http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
[wdvltalk] OT: ridding myself of the Windows Welcome screen
Hi there, A couple of weeks ago (I haven't had time to post until now) I installed some new programs and one of them (and I have no idea which one) is now forcing the Windows Welcome screen (WinXP) to show on boot up. I don't want a welcome screen, nor do I want a login screen. I always boot directly into Windows and that's what I want back in place. When the Welcome screen comes up, it's not requiring a login - I just click the name and it finishes booting to Windows. But I hate this. I cannot find any options/preferences in the programs I installed for changing this. One was a new HP printer which I seriously doubt caused this because I've installed many a printer and never had this happen. The other is the Wacom Pen Tablet and associated bundled software that came w/it. I have been into the Control Panel/User Accounts - I have one admin account and that's the name that's showing up on the Welcome screen so I can't delete it. I also found something called ASP.NET Machine installed and I have no idea where that came from or what program installed it. I have not had reason to go into the User Accounts in months and months so this could have been installed by anything and not necessarily a recent install. It's showing as password protected and I know for sure I did not set this up. If I ever need a password for it, I have no idea what it would be. If I were to remove the Welcome screen within the User Accounts, it's telling me then I'll have a "classic" login screen complete w/password. Don't want that. If I go into TweakUI there are options that *are* checkmarked ( that I didn't checkmark) under LOGON. They are: Keep RAS connections after logoff (not checked) Parse Aytiexec.bat at logon (checked) Show ASPNET on Welcome Screen (checked but not by me) Show "MyLastName" on Welcome Screen (checked but not by me and this is the admin account in the User Accounts) I don't want to do anything because I'm terrified I'll wind up locking myself out of Windows entirely. But I want that blasted welcome screen gone! Can this be done and if so, how? Anyone know how to get me back the way I was before? Thank you! :: Deb | PBC Web Design :: http://www.PBCWebDesign.com The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
