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    Vista won’t bring up log-on screen after hibernation

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    by healer ·

    My Vista Home Basic computer, a desktop which didn’t have log-on screen before and the problem has been bypassed by bringing in secure log-on won’t bring up a log-on screen at all when the computer is restarted after being hibernated. The computer has got SP1 installed. My the other computer which is a laptop and also has Vista Home Basic installed does bring up a log-on screen after hibernation. Is there a problem with the desktop?

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    • #2951610

      Clarifications

      by healer ·

      In reply to Vista won’t bring up log-on screen after hibernation

      Clarifications

    • #2950854

      How to enable User Secure Login on Windows Vista

      by peconet tietokoneet ·

      In reply to Vista won’t bring up log-on screen after hibernation

      Most business environments “require” you to press the key combination of CTRL + ALT + DELETE prior to the log on prompt (the username, password and domain box). This is supposed to enhance login security to verify the authenticity of the login box (so that no other malicious software makes a similar box).

      These steps will show you how to enable this functionality on Windows XP Home Edition and Windows Vista Home Premium. This may work on Windows Vista Home Basic and/or Windows XP Media Center Edition.

      For Windows Vista Business, Windows XP Professional, Windows Vista Ultimate, these instructions may or may not work, I haven’t tested them out, but you can likely enable it via the Control Panel applet or by using Group Policy Editor.

      Windows XP Home Edition:

      1. Make sure you are running an administrative account.
      2. Open Control Panel.
      3. Navigate to the User Accounts panel.
      4. Click on “Change the way users log on or off”.
      5. Uncheck the box labelled “Use the Welcome Screen”.
      6. Click Apply Options, and close the window.
      7. Press the WindowsKey + R (or click Start > Run)
      8. Type in control userpasswords2. This is a rather unknown command.
      9. Click on the Advanced tab.
      10. Check the box that is labelled “Require users to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete”
      11. If you wish, take a look at the other settings, but don’t do anything that will annoy other users, compromise system security, or lock yourself out of your PC!
      12. Click OK when done.
      13. Restart your computer (or log off).

      From now on, you will have to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to access the login box and you have to type your username and password (and select domain if necessary) to log in.

      Windows Vista Home Premium:

      1. Make sure you are running an Administrative account.
      2. Click Start.
      3. In the Start Search box, type in control userpasswords2.
      4. Click Continue in the User Account Control prompt. (The UAC is excellent by the way, I love it!)
      5. Click on the Advanced tab.
      6. Check the box that is labelled “Require users to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete”
      7. If you wish, take a look at the other settings, but don’t do anything that will annoy other users, compromise system security, or lock yourself out of your PC!
      8. Click OK when done.
      9. Restart your computer (or log off).

      From now on, you will have to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to get to the Welcome Screen to type your password in to log in.

      Note that in both Windows XP and Windows Vista, this also affects when you Lock Computer/Switch User. You must press Ctrl+Alt+Delete in the Unlock Computer dialog also.

      Hope this helps you.

    • #2952919

      Have you enabled autologon,

      by rob miners ·

      In reply to Vista won’t bring up log-on screen after hibernation

      if you have enabled autologon disable it and see if that clears it up.

      In the Search box, type control userpasswords2, and then press ENTER. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

      Click the Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer check box, and then click Apply.

      In the User Accounts dialog box, click OK.

      After you restart your computer you should have to provide a password.

      • #2952912

        You can also

        by rob miners ·

        In reply to Have you enabled autologon,

        password protect the screensaver.

        Have you modified the power savings?

        • #2952595

          screensaver and power-saving in default mode

          by healer ·

          In reply to You can also

          As far as power-savings and screensaver are concerned, I left them all in default mode. The power plan is balanced and the screen saver is Windows Logo and wait 10 minutes.

      • #2952598

        autologon not enabled

        by healer ·

        In reply to Have you enabled autologon,

        Secure logon had been enabled for some time and I expect that should apply when the system restarts after hibernation.

      • #2951195

        Try this

        by rob miners ·

        In reply to Have you enabled autologon,

        Check this Registry Key to see if any of the users have been listed in there.

        Press the Winkey + r and type regedt32 and then press ENTER.

        The following registry key determines whether a user account name is explicitly filtered from the Windows logon screen.
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        Registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList
        Value name UserAccountName
        Type DWORD32
        Value data 0 = Does not appear on the Windows logon screen
        Any value larger than 0 = Appears on the Windows logon screen

        http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942956

        • #2950899

          No SpecialAccounts found

          by healer ·

          In reply to Try this

          I have checked HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\ in the registry but there is no SpecialAccounts.

        • #2950893

          Something else to try

          by rob miners ·

          In reply to No SpecialAccounts found

          Press the Winkey + r and type regedt32 and click OK.

          Navigate to the following registry key from your left hand pane

          HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

          Right click and create a DWORD (32-bit) Value in right hand pane named HideFastUserSwitching

          Set the Value data for HideFastUserSwitching to 1

          Close the Registry Editor.

          Press the Winkey + r and type control userpasswords2, and then press ENTER.

          If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

          Click the Advanced tab, UNselect the Require users to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete check box, and then click OK.

          Restart the System and see if you have the welcome screen.

        • #2953383

          Previous problem is back if secure logon not required

          by healer ·

          In reply to Something else to try

          The old problem has come back after I unselected the Require users to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete check box. The logon screen is completely missing so I have to put the requirement back.

          Do you think I need to reinstall the computer to get everything back to normal?

        • #2953381

          Something sounds

          by rob miners ·

          In reply to Previous problem is back if secure logon not required

          as if it is corrupted. I would go for a reinstall.

          Differences between Regedit.exe and Regedt32.exe

          http://support.microsoft.com/kb/141377

        • #2951202

          Thanks for all your help!

          by healer ·

          In reply to Something sounds

          I will organise to do a reinstall.

    • #2952223

      Take note

      by rob miners ·

      In reply to Vista won’t bring up log-on screen after hibernation

      of what you are installing and keep an eye on it, if it starts displaying the same symptoms let us know.

      • #2951937

        Reinstall options

        by healer ·

        In reply to Take note

        I am reinstalling the Vista on another partition in the same computer at the moment because I have found the partition I have is running out of space so no room for expansion.

        Some people say we can just reinstall in situ via repair, which is reinstalling on the same partition but losing all the patches and updates. I believe also all other programs would have to be reinstalled too. I wonder why we would do it this way.

        • #2951933

          I would have

          by rob miners ·

          In reply to Reinstall options

          blown the Partition away and commenced with a fresh install after saveing the Data. Why waste space with a corrupt install. You can move the My Documents folder to another Partition to free up some space on C:.

        • #2953085

          Problem/feature the same & problem delete/format partition

          by healer ·

          In reply to I would have

          I thank you for your advice. Would you know whether we can do the same with C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents in XP and Public Documents in Vista? Can we move it? I have a lot of downloaded files stored there. I shared this directory across the network. I have now used a separate partition for the same purpose. Also I have a lot of programs installed and they just take up room. I would like to have most if not all programs installed in C:\Program Files for easy management. The last reason I wanted to keep the partition until some time after the reinstall was finished probably because I was paranoid in case of the backup copy of the data files getting lost or corrupted or something I forgot to backup.

          I have finished the re-installation. I still find the computer restart without requirement of logon after hibernation and sleep. I am not too sure if this is the difference between laptop and desktop. The laptop we have requires logon on all computer restarts. The desktop does not require the same after hibernation and sleep or standby. I briefly glanced through the power plan but there didn’t seem to be anything that would make a difference. So the only thing I could put down at this stage is difference in underlying hardware. I will have to call it a feature not a problem from now onwards.

          Now I have got another issue. Since I have left the old partition intact I would like to delete or format it now. I have brought up the Disk Management and found I was not given the option of Format or Delete Volume options even though I am logged on as an administrator. It behaves like the partition I have just installed the Vista OS. I even have problem deleting some of the files in the partition. I suppose I need to change the file attribute. I always know there is difference between an Administrator (built-in) and other administrator in the administrator group. How do I bring up the Disk Management as the built-in Administrator without unhiding it and running it in safe mode. I do not want to use diskpart.exe which is not user-friendly. I have tried diskmgmt.msc on run box and hit Ctrl-Shift-Enter. I supposed that wold execute the command as the built-in Administrator but the the option is still not available. The other option I have thought of is using Vista OS CD and embark on installing a new OS partition but exit after deleting the offending partition. However I am not too sure at what step the install procedure would start to play with the existing system files and boot files which would stop me from booting up the Vista partition afterwards. Please comment!

        • #2953078

          OK

          by rob miners ·

          In reply to Problem/feature the same & problem delete/format partition

          Move user data to another drive and it’s almost the same in XP.

          http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=1371

          If the new install hasn’t solved any problems you may as well blow it away and stay with what you already have.

          I personally don’t use Standby or Hibernation on a Desktop. I either Log off or Turn off. I have the ScreenSaver set for 10 mins and the Monitor to turn off after 20 mins. I save the Hibernation/Standby for my Notebook.

          As you say it could be one of the new features that have been built into Vista like Explorer constantly losing the plot or the compatability problems with Logitec devices.

          Enable the Built-in Administrator Account

          1. Go to Start, All programs, Accessories, then right click command prompt and click Run as Administrator.
          2. Once the command prompt opens type this command and press enter.
          net user administrator /active:yes
          3. This command will enable the hidden Administrator account in Windows Vista. Log off your account and log on as the Administrator. After you log on, see if you can install the software.

          Keep us informed as to your progress if you require further assistance. 😉 😀


          If you think that any of the posts that have been made by all TechRepublic Members, have solved or contributed to solving the problem, please Mark them as Helpful so that others may benefit from the outcome. 😉 😀 :-bd

        • #2953029

          Built-in administrator makes no difference

          by healer ·

          In reply to OK

          Thank for your advice!

          I was asking about moving the shared documents in XP or the public documents in Vista not the individual ones.

          I like to use the hibernation for keeping the things I am using so that I can continue where I have left off when I next start up again.

          I tried after enabling the built-in Administrator Account but there was no difference. I still couldn’t format or delete the partition. So I created a password for the account and disabled the account straight away. By the way I had to take the ownership of the files and directories before I could delete all the files on the partition. Now I have an empty partition. However I would like to be able to manage it including deleting or formatting it. I am not very familiar with diskpart.exe. Perhaps it is powerful enough to help. If the worst comes to the worst I might try the Vista CD. Do you think it is safe to do so?

        • #2953026

          OK

          by rob miners ·

          In reply to Built-in administrator makes no difference

          you MBR is on Partition 1 and your new install is probably on Partition 2. At the moment Partition 1 is the Active Partition. Partition 2 is more than likely on an Extended Partition. You need to be Booting from a Primary Partition. Now would be a good time to wipe the drive and start fresh.

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