Users Controlling To Log On To Windows XP

If your computer is not part of a domain, Windows XP offers two different methods for users to log on:

● Welcome screen: The Welcome screen, shown in Figure 1, presents an easy way for users to log on. Users just click their name and, if necessary, type their password.

Figure 1. The Welcome screen provides the simplest logon system for computers shared by only a handful of users.

● Classic logon: The option to the Welcome screen is the order of logon screens used in Windows NT and Windows 2000. When the Welcome screen is disabled (or on a domain-based computer, which doesn’t support the Welcome screen), later than Windows completes its startup tasks, you’ll see one of the following dialog boxes: Welcome To Windows, shown in Figure 2, or Log On To Windows, shown in Figure 3.

Figure 2. If this dialog box appears, press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to initiate the logon process.

Figure 3. Ordinarily, the User Name box is filled in with the name of the last user who logged on.

Systems set up for the utmost security initially show the Welcome To Windows dialog box that asks you to log on by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete. When you do so, the Log On To Windows dialog box appears. Type your name and password to log on.