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Skip Windows Vista Welcome/Shutdown Screen

Jan 21, 2011 11:57PM PST

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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Widely discussed.
Jan 23, 2011 8:57AM PST
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Thank you for the link
Jan 23, 2011 10:53PM PST

I tried finding something similar to my question on the list but to no avail or it was solutions that I already tried.

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Then a stumper.
Jan 24, 2011 11:11AM PST

I've yet to find a machine that that list didn't work. However there are many things that can interfere such as Norton and any security suite with privacy protection or a COMPANY ISSUED laptop that has disabled auto login.

Until more clues are given any guess will be just that.
Bob

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I didn't follow Bob's link but ...
Jan 24, 2011 1:52AM PST

you indicate it didn't work for you.

To auto logon in Vista follow these steps:

1. Click on the Start button and type in 'netplwiz'. This will open the Advanced User Accounts menu

2. In the Users tab, highlight the account you want to login to Vista automatically with, and then untick 'must enter a username and password to use this computer'

3. Click on 'Apply'. A new window will now popup asking you to enter the password of the account you've just highlighted. Do this, and then click 'Ok'

4. Click 'Ok' on the Advanced User Accounts menu to finish

Now, whenever you boot up, Vista will login automatically to your chosen account, if it doesn't then you did not follow the 4 steps EXACTLY.