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Skip Welcome Screen [only one user]

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Ok. I give up. Somehow with all the patches from MS, the welcome screen has come back to haunt me. I seem to remember it was pretty simple to get rid of since there is only one user on this WinXP Pro computer, but I cannot find the silver bullet. Help?

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How to Enable Automatic Logon in Windows 315231
http://tinyurl.com/n9n2

You can also use the following steps to enable automatic logon without editing the registry in Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP Professional (not joined to a domain):
Click Start, and then click Run.
In the Open box, type control userpasswords2, and then click OK.
In the dialog box that appears, clear the Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer check box, and then click OK.

How to Enable Automatic Logon in Windows 315231
http://tinyurl.com/n9n2

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to stop using welcome screen:
Start/control panel/user accounts/change the way users log on or off/uncheck use welcome box
at least it’s that way on my XPpro and hopefullly will work for you as wellll

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