Let's find prior discussions.
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/tabletandtouch/thread/61b231a4-a4ba-413a-b76f-01f7b3762e71 covers many of the usual solutions.
However I find folk that don't want to work the lists.
Bob
I have been trying to find a way to bypass the welcome screen in vista. I don't have separate accounts or a password. I would like to have the computer go from the black screen with the vista logo straight to my desktop instead going to the welcome screen in between (it is an unnecessary step that accomplishes nothing).
So far I have tried un-checking the "run on start up" welcome box and it did nothing. I have also tried setting the user accounts to automatically log in with a password etc. and it did nothing.
If anybody has any ideas or suggestions it would be greatly appreciated.

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