arkin

I've recently done a fully customized welcome screen for Windows XP and I want it to show up every time I boot my computer. Thing is, I only have one account and it doesn't have a password, and I'd prefer having only one account that doesn't have a password. Is there any way to force Windows to boot up with the welcome screen? I'm on SP2 with .NET 1.1 and 2.0.

IceDon

it should work with any amount of accounts,i use to do this a while ago then i stop...cause it can damage the whole windows & you'll gotta reinstall again.you gotta edit the boot ini file or if yours is already a .ini file then u can replace that 1 with yours...do you get me?if not here we go.

Save a Backup Copy of Boot.ini
1. Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
-or-
Click Start, click Run, type sysdm.cpl, and then click OK.
2. On the Advanced tab, click Settings under Startup and Recovery.
3. Under System Startup, click Edit. This opens the file in Notepad ready for editing.
4. In Notepad, click File on the Menu bar, and then click Save As.
5. Right click in an empty area of the Save As dialog box, point to New in the Context menu, and then click Folder.
6. Type a name for the new folder, for example temp, and then press the ENTER key to create the folder named temp.
7. Double-click the new folder named temp, and then click the Save button to save a backup copy of the Boot.ini file.

Edit the Boot.ini File
To view and edit the Boot.ini file: 1. Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
-or-
Click Start, click Run, type sysdm.cpl, and then click OK.
2. On the Advanced tab, click Settings under Startup and Recovery.
3. Under System Startup, click Edit.

Sample Boot.ini File
This is a sample of a default Boot.ini file from a Windows XP Professional computer.
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
This is a sample of the above Boot.ini file with a previous installation of Windows 2000 on a separate partition.
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windo ws XP Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect

Modifying the Boot.ini
While you can modify the Boot.ini file using the Startup and Recovery dialog, where you can select the default operating system, change the timeout value, or manually edit the file, the following method uses the command line utility, Bootcfg.exe.

Note The Bootcfg.exe utility is only available in Windows XP Professional. This utility is not available in Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition. Therefore, this section does not apply to Windows XP Home Edition.1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open text box, type cmd.
3. At the command prompt, type bootcfg /?.
4. The help and parameters for BOOTCFG.exe will display.


Adding an Operating System
At the command prompt, type:
bootcfg /copy /d Operating System Description /ID#
Where Operating System Description is a text description (e.g. Windows XP Home Edition), and where # specifies the boot entry ID in the operating systems section of the BOOT.INI file from which the copy has to be made.



Removing an Operating System
At the command prompt, type:
bootcfg /delete /ID#
Where # specifies the boot entry ID that you want to be deleted from the operating systems section of the BOOT.INI file (e.g. 2 for the second Operating system that is listed.



Setting the Default Operating System
At the command prompt, type:
bootcfg /default /ID#
Where # specifies the boot entry id in the operating systems section of the BOOT.INI file to be made the default operating system.



Setting the Time Out
At the command prompt, type: bootcfg /timeout# Where # specifies the time in seconds after which default operating system will be loaded.

Open the Boot.ini File to Verify Changes
1. Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
-or-
Click Start, click Run, type sysdm.cpl, and then click OK.
2. On the Advanced tab, click Settings under Startup and Recovery.
3. Under System Startup, click Edit.

Watch what you edit ortherwise you can cause the screen to load to quick & vise versa & it can cause your system to not operate right.

Otherwise you will gotta use this prgram called Style XP & use the boot.ini from there & switch it to yours,thats the only way...trust me i know this...& maybe the easiest way to.

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Iceman0803

Activate the Guest account. Way easier

NEvolution

Remember to set a password on the Guess account. Otherwise it'll be quite vulnerable/open to attacks.

The command to do so is:

Start > cmd > net user guest password

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ENTERPRISE

You can also get applications to do this for you. The above method is fine...however if you screw up all hell can break loose.

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Iceman0803

Make SURE you do this...forgot to mention it myself earlier...sorry about that

IceDon

lool very true thats why @ the bottom i told him that Style XP will be way easier than all that modifiying work your doing yourself.

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arkin

Thanks for the replies guys, but I'm still not clear on what to do aside from setting up a guest account and password protecting it. I downloaded Style XP but it doesn't seem to have it's own boot.ini, and I'm not sure what edits I should make to the boot.ini. Also, activating guest doesn't show me the welcome screen anymore ever since I edited "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\ CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
Value Name: LogonType" in my registry from '1' to '0'. I changed it back to '1', but activating guest stopped working since.

Tezzanator

Well, you could find the command line to log you off
Drop it in a batch file
put into the startup folder
Then it logs you off as soon as you start your pc up!

Very hacky way, but whatev'

Disable auto login (Do the reverse of the link below)
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...ips/knox2.mspx

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K092084

The easiest way is to go into the control panel, user account, change how users log off and on, and then check the use welcome screen.
That should work for what you are wanting to do, or, activate ther welcome screen and the guest account.