Hi Ilene:
Getting the logon screen to disappear is fairly simple to get rid of.  Why it showed up is one of those computer mysteries.
There is a utility available from Microsoft.com called powertoys or rather tweak UI.
Just do a search on the microsoft web page.  At any rate, this utility will give you the power to bypass the Windows Logon screen among many other neat things.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Martin



>
>Subject: Re windows question
>   From: Ilene Sirocca <[log in to unmask]>
>   Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 08:44:22 -0400
>     To: [log in to unmask]
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>I think ted's info is valuable to know, but it doesn't apply for me.  I
>haven't used system restore on this computer and my Norton software has
>never stopped working.  in my case, as i have now discovered, i get a log on
>dialog before I can finish rebooting.  I know that this started
>happening--and the welcome screen got checked as well--after i did an update
>in windows xP which was a security fix.  I'll probably just leave it alone.
>
>Ilene
>
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