The Welcome Screen in Windows XP
- Document ID: 98070313
- Posted Date: 2001-12-12
- Last Updated: 2001-11-14
- Distribution: View Public Website
- Applicable Models
Satellite 1800-S204 Satellite 1800-S206 Satellite 1800-S254 Satellite 1800-S256 Satellite 1805-S154 Satellite 1805-S204 Satellite 1805-S254 Satellite 1805-S255 Satellite 1805-S274 Satellite 3000-S304 Satellite 3005-S304 Satellite 5005-S504 Portege 4000 Portege 4005 Tecra 9000 Satellite Pro 6000
- Issue
Configuring the Welcome page in Windows XP:
A. Changing the user picture.
B. Disabling the Welcome Screen.- Resolution
- A. Changing the user picture:
1. Click on Start
B. Disabling the Welcome Screen
2. Click on Control Panel
3. Click User Accounts
4. Choose your account
5. Click on “Change the Picture”
6. Choose the new picture to use for this account
7. Click on Start
8. Click on Log Off
9. Click on Log Off again1. Click on Start
2. Click on Control Panel
3. Click User Accounts
4. Click on “Change the way Users Log On”
5. Uncheck “Use the Welcome Screen”
6. Click on Start
7. Click on Log Off
8. Click on Log Off Again
9. Log back on and Re-Enable the Welcome Screen - Procedure
- The XP Welcome Screen is a new feature in Windows XP The User Experience is probably one of the major changes for Windows XP Home Edition. The Welcome Screen is a glorified login screen. It contains a list of user accounts that have been created on the system , as well as a picture representing each user. Users have the ability to customize their own accounts as well as secure each with its own password. You also have the ability to shut the computer down from this screen. Administrator accounts will not appear on XP Home Edition, or XP Professional Edition if there is another Administrative account on the machine. Administrators have the ability to change user’s names, reset or remove a user’s password, change a users picture, delete a user, or change a users account type. However, administrators cannot read another users password or change a users .NET password.
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