How do I bypass windows "welcome screen " when turning on PC

[victorylane23]

hi, 

How do I bypass windows "welcome screen " ?   it DOESNT ask me to Log in which is great, but it still says "welcome windows XP '' with a blue background ..........


                                                     ALSO

 
I am using a AtomicFE frontend  , but before it loads i can see the windows desktop for about 4 seconds ........

How do i fix both these problems??   I really need some help ......  P.S I am a noob BIG TIME !!      thanks

[emphatic]

Here you go: http://wiki.ljackson.us/Control_Userpasswords2

[alfonzotan]

Get a Mac! 

(ducking)

[victorylane23]

haha i have a Mac, but my future brother-in-law  gave my his PC that was already set up with all the games, frontend and everything..  i just had to build the cab ,,, 

thanks emphatic . 

[victorylane23]

emphatic , i dont have a problem with the log in window screen ,,,,, this is what happens when i turn the pc on ...


I turn on pc,

black screen ( 2 second ) 

blue screen  ''WELCOME " 

windows desktop ( 3-4 seconds )

then FRONTEND finally kicks in and works

[Necro]

Here you go: http://tinyurl.com/3sogxq9

[victorylane23]

lol , that link made me laugh ,,,  the reason why im here is beacuse you guys know exacly what im trying to do  , when i google it i get diffrent answers and the 3 second welcome screen is not an issue for most ppl.. alot of ppl are trying to get rid of the log in window screen

[emphatic]

This? http://www.pchell.com/support/welcomescreen.shtml

[Ginsu Victim]

I just used bootskin to change mine to a MAME loading screen.

[krick]

Here's three changes you can make that are pretty useful on an XP install.

They're all independent of each other, so you don't need to do all three if you don't want to.

I'm currently using them all in my MAME cabinet.


Start/Run/Regedit

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

Right click in the right pane and select New, DWord value.

Name the new value DisableStatusMessages.

Double click the new value and set it to 1.

Status messages will no longer show during boot/shutdown/logon/logoff.


With no logon wallpaper set, Windows displays a pre-defined color for the logon desktop. ( If you have enabled Welcome Screen, press CTRL+ALT+DEL twice to see the logon screen background color. ) To change the logon background color to that of your choice, you need to alter the registry:

    Click Start, Run and type REGEDIT and press Enter

    Navigate to the following key:

        HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Colors

    Backup the registry key by exporting to a REG file

    In the right pane, double-click Background

    In the Edit String dialog box, type the Color code in R G B format and then click OK.

Example: Type 0 0 0  if you want to see a Black background. You can choose any combination from 0-255


Finally, from the BYOAC Wiki...

Right click on My Computer -->Properties -->Advanced -->Startup and Recovery -->Settings

Select "Edit startup options file".

Add " /bootlogo /noguiboot" to your default operating system (there must be a space between each switch)

Create and place a 16-color, 640 x 480 pixel BMP file called "boot.bmp” to your Windows directory.

[Blanka]

Have the PC run OSX! You can replace the grey Apple with Pac-Man if you like.

[drventure]

Good suggestions. Those first two should go on the wiki!

[Necro]

lol , that link made me laugh ,,,  the reason why im here is beacuse you guys know exacly what im trying to do  , when i google it i get diffrent answers and the 3 second welcome screen is not an issue for most ppl.. alot of ppl are trying to get rid of the log in window screen

Good, I posted it in good humor - point being you're trying to remove the boot screen.  Just check on how to do that - google specifically for it.  I think the first link in what I sent (once it searches) is appropriate for what you're asking.

[victorylane23]

thanks KRICK but i dont understand any of that im really dumb when it comes to computers ,,, 

i downloaded a shell and it was REALLY EASY to use and it works  ...  BUT now i get a message that pops up and says  ...
       ''atomic.cfg does not exist please check your Atomic.cfg using Atomic Manager.exe''   
the message is their for about 2 seconds then AtomicFE loads up and everything works perfetly fine, how do i get that message to go away ?

[Dan_Dan_91_07]

Well I use this:

http://www.gameex.net/Community/InstantShellerandshellingguide.aspx

...and it works great for me - maybe it will sort it out.

[Nacimroc]

Download a little app called "instant sheller"! Click 1 button and its done! Loads from off straight to your frontend with 1 image of your choice in the middle!