Boot up screen

[Zyrr]

Hello!

When I first got my computer, when it would boot up, it would go directly to the desktop.

Something changed a few months ago, where another screen pops up first and I have to click on "owner" before the computer to load up the desktop.

Is there anyway to bypass this screen and have the computer boot up straight to the desktop?

Thanks in advance.

[Zyrr]

hmmm Still looking for an answer. *bump*

[neil121183]

I'm guessing you mean the 'Welcome Screen'.

Go to control panel then click on user accounts (click classic view first).

The option should be in there somwhere. I can't tell you exactly where because I havn't got it in front of me at the mo.
Hope this helps.

[patrickjb]

You can set up your computer to log on automatically by following these steps:

1. At a command prompt, type, “control userpasswords2” and press enter. This launches the Windows 2000 style “User Accounts” application.
2. On the Users tab, clear (uncheck) the “Users Must Enter A User Name And Password To Use This Computer” check box and then click OK.


Note: Only computers that aren’t part of a network or are part of a workgroup can bypass this dialog box.

The “Automatically Log On” dialog box should appear.

3. Type the user name and password for the account that you want to be logged on each time you start your computer.

After you make this change, you can use other accounts on the computer by logging off and then logging on to another account or by using Fast User Switching.

Let us know if this works

[Zyrr]

Actually, I was able fix this using the "user account" program.

Turns out, my wife had somehow created a new account (which she doesn't use) and so it seems when more than one account is set up on it, the welcome screen will pop up.

By getting rid of this second, unused account, the computer now boots up right to the desk top.