Alter the login to Windows XP Welcome
If you go through this setting, you can set the login screen to Windows XP welcome screen.
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Description:
This setting enables you to specify if the classic windows 2000/nt or the windows xp welcome screen will be shown on login. By default, windows displays the welcome screen. There you click on an icon and type the password. The classic logon screen expects username and password for the login. If you disable this setting, you will work with the classic windows 2000/nt login screen. For this go to "start->run" and enter "regedit" and search the keys listed below. You can create one dword value "logontype", if this value is not existing. Now you can set this value to change the logon screen to the windows xp welcome screen. After a restart or logoff the changes take effect. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.
This setting enables you to specify if the classic windows 2000/nt or the windows xp welcome screen will be shown on login. By default, windows displays the welcome screen. There you click on an icon and type the password. The classic logon screen expects username and password for the login. If you disable this setting, you will work with the classic windows 2000/nt login screen. For this go to "start->run" and enter "regedit" and search the keys listed below. You can create one dword value "logontype", if this value is not existing. Now you can set this value to change the logon screen to the windows xp welcome screen. After a restart or logoff the changes take effect. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.
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First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Second, go to the <b>[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]</b> key, right-click on the "LogonType" DWORD value and click on "Modify".

Finally, enter the value "1" in the text box and click on 'OK'.
Registry Entries
- back to top- Path: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
- Location: Local Machine
- Value Name: LogonType
- Data Type: DWORD (DWORD Value)
- Enabled Value: 1
- Disabled Value: 0
- Action Type: Modified
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