I have the lost Welcome screen problem in XP Home. I'm running SP3. I had
already lost it before that upgrade. I was hoping that SP3 would fix it. I
have already tried the control panel "change how users log on" choices, the
Kelly's corner fix, and the DougKnox tool. No problems with Gina were noted.
I am thinking either a spyware changed the file somehow, or somhow I am in a
Domain trhat I did not create (soyware). I have been running Spybot though,
so hopefully that wasn't it. Does anybody know how to do the scannow fix for
SP3, or have any idea what happened to the welcome screen? We really miss the
fast user switching as we have multiple users.

Kelly's corner fix:
Go to the following link, http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm,
scroll to line 45, click "Restore the Welcome Screen-Gina.Dll Error" in the
right column and see if that resolves the issue.

Dougknox Fix:
"Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/Us" wrote:

Download and install Tweak UI from Microsoft
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...powertoys.mspx

Then expand the Logon option and select Autologon and Un-Check the Autologon
box.

OR

Start/Run and enter: CONTROL USERPASSWORDS2
On the User tab: pick (highlight) the account you do not want to
automatically log on
Then check: Users must enter username and password
Next click Apply and enter the password (if the account you pick has a
password)
Finally click OK until your completely out

JS

"bradysd4" <bradysd4@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E9FF0CA9-6CB0-416A-8142-A3F4BB60EA08@microsoft.com...

Thanks for those ideas. I tried them and they didn't work. Do you know
anything about these registry entries? Do any of them look like the culprit?
THANKS for your help.


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"AutoRestartShell"=dword:00000001
"DefaultDomainName"="FAMILYPC"
"DefaultUserName"="Brenda"
"LegalNoticeCaption"=""
"LegalNoticeText"=""
"PowerdownAfterShutdown"="1"
"ReportBootOk"="1"
"Shell"="Explorer.exe"
"ShutdownWithoutLogon"="0"
"System"=""
"Userinit"="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\userinit.ex e,"
"VmApplet"="rundll32 shell32,Control_RunDLL \"sysdm.cpl\""
"SfcQuota"=dword:ffffffff
"allocatecdroms"="0"
"allocatedasd"="0"
"allocatefloppies"="0"
"cachedlogonscount"="10"
"forceunlocklogon"=dword:00000000
"passwordexpirywarning"=dword:0000000e
"scremoveoption"="0"
"AllowMultipleTSSessions"=dword:00000001
"UIHost"=hex(2):6c,00,6f,00,67,00,6f,00,6e,00,75,0 0,69,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,\
00,00,00
"LogonType"=dword:00000001
"DebugServerCommand"="no"
"SFCDisable"=dword:00000000
"WinStationsDisabled"="0"
"HibernationPreviouslyEnabled"=dword:00000001
"ShowLogonOptions"=dword:00000001
"AltDefaultUserName"="Brenda"
"AltDefaultDomainName"="FAMILYPC"
"ChangePasswordUseKerberos"=dword:00000001
"Background"="0 0 0"
"AutoAdminLogon"="0"
"DisableCAD"=dword:00000001


"JS" wrote:

Checked a few of the reg keys in your list but could not find anything
unusual. This doesn't mean the answer to your problem is not an incorrect
value in one of the subkeys but if it is I could not find it.

Sorry but have run out of ideas except to search the web on each of the
entries in your list and see what pops up.
JS

"bradysd4" <bradysd4@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7CC34A55-3BD6-4E1C-A722-C8EDEE444858@microsoft.com...

OK, thanks again. None of that worked, but I found another rabbit trail. I
noticed on my task manager that no users were listed. When I searched on that
I found that terminal services was not started. It has to be running to
allow multiple users. I cannot get it to start though. I get error 1083: the
executable program that this service is configured to run does not implement
the service. Also I noticed that when I try to run an msi file, it will not
run because it says windows installer is not working or something. It comes
up with the file association dialog box, but I don't know what to associate
it with.

Do you know the unregister and register commands? would this possibly fix
this?


"JS" wrote:

The 'Terminal Services' is dependent on another service named 'Remote
Procedure Call (RPC)'.
The RPC service should be running, on my PC the 'Terminal Service' is set to
'Manual'.

Error 1083: The executable program that this service is configured to run in
does not implement the service.
http://www.winhelponline.com/article...-computer.html

Resolution:
Download the .zip file mentioned in the above article.

JS

"bradysd4" <bradysd4@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2AB86782-04BC-4D4B-86B1-C0018FAFD34D@microsoft.com...

I tried that but unfortunately I have SP3 installed, sand that only works
with SP2. Also noticed my windows insttaller doesn't work.

"JS" wrote:

Windows Installer 4.5 is available
(supports SP3)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942288

JS

"bradysd4" <bradysd4@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:43D92AE2-F067-4A6F-A0D4-2CA0CEC40120@microsoft.com...

Thank you for that. I cannot get it (installer) to install, or it is so slow,
that I am not patient enough to let it run. It opens some boxes that look
like service pack 3 installing, i.e. scanning your system, etc. It seems like
it is locked up to me. I was finally able to get termionl services running,
(can see user names in task manager, processes now) but still no welcome
screen, which was my real problem. I edited the registry, changing the
"imagepath" switches to something different than it was. I can't find it
right now. But still no welcome screen. I also found out that Microsfot is
providing free support for SP3, so I have contacted them, and they are
willing to talk to me, so far. So I'll see if they can figure it out. I had
loaded SP3, hoping it would fix the problem.

"JS" wrote:

I finally did get it to install last night. Thanks. My computer is somewhat
unstable I guess. Microsfot had me run an online virus scan last night that
is still running, so we'll see if that has anything to do with it. We also
ran SFC /Scannow, but nothing seemed to come from that.

"bradysd4" wrote: