Re: LOGGING ON PROBLEM

From: Sharon F (sharonfDEL@ETEmvps.org)
Date: 10/21/02 

From: "Sharon F" <sharonfDEL@ETEmvps.org>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 11:27:55 -0500

Barbara92021 wrote:
> I am sure this is a simple thing to fix but after reading
> everything I can find on user accounts, I am unable to
> fix this problem myself. In Ctrl Pnl/User Accts, I have
> Barbara (not password protected) and Guest Acct. In Safe
> Mode, I also have the Administrator Acct (password
> protected). The problem I am having is this: If I have
> Welcome Screen checked in "the way users log on or off"
> then when I start my computer in the morning, it
> says "Windows is starting up" but nothing happens. I
> manually shut down. To fix this problem, I rebooted and
> went into Safe Mode, Ctrl Pnl, User Accts. and unchecked
> Welcome Screen, clkd Apply Options. Now my computer
> starts with the classic logon prompt (Right?) and I have
> the 2 dialog boxes: first one is Logon to Windows and it
> is covered immediately by second box - Logon Message
> which says "Unable to logon because of an account" I
> click OK and it disappears. The Logon to Windows box is
> there and it has Administrator for Username. I hilite
> this and change it to Barbara, clk OK and voila! my
> desktop and stuff comes up. What could be the reason for
> this Logon Message about "...because of an acct"? What
> do I need to do so that when I start my computer, the
> Welcome Screen with my name/icon shows up? Hoping
> someone can help PLEASE!

Look for TweakUI on your system or a similar tweak program that is set to
automatically log on a user. It sounds like it is set to automatically log
on the Administrator which isn't going to work in XP home. 

--
Sharon F
Microsoft MVP, Windows - Shell/User

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