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GeneralWindows 7 Welcome Screen Pin
Michael Martin17-Jun-15 13:40
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I've been all over the Internet and can't find a fix that is relevant to my issue or that has fixed it. It is minor and should be able to be lived with, but both users of the computer are over 70 and just want to click an icon and type in a password.

Got the computer because one of the users couldn't login due to a borked profile entry in the registry. Sorted this and all was good, then installed the million and one Windows Updates available and the issue arose. This is Windows 7 Home Premium, so no advanced tools available that your Professional/Enterprise/Ultimate versions have.

So what is the issue? The Welcome Screen when the computer is turned on now no longer has both user icons. It has the last user to login and Other User icons.

I have checked that the following settings are as expected. Need Ctrl+Alt+Del to login not required / Users need to enter password is set / Remember last user to login not set / and any of the others listed.

I have used the dialogs available via netplwiz and control userpasswords2 and also via the Registry keys below.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

Anyone got an idea? I'm stumped and about to return it and advise they have to type a username cause Microsoft wants them too.

Michael Martin
Australia

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