no log-in screen???

[Skiz]

All of a sudden, my log-in screen for windows isn't appearing any longer. I see the screen that has the same background and says 'Welcome', but then it goes straight to loading the desktop. What would cause this?

[iMartin]

Go to Start -> Control Panel -> User Accounts -> Change The Way Users Log On And Off -> and tick Use Welcome Screen.

[motherflux]

also, if you've only got one user account on your machine (aside from 'Administrator'), and no password for that account, it will bypass the login/welcome screen.

[Skiz]

also, if you've only got one user account on your machine (aside from 'Administrator'), and no password for that account, it will bypass the login/welcome screen.

Not so. I've been the only user on this pc for a year and a half and I've always had to click the user icon.

[Skiz]

Go to Start -> Control Panel -> User Accounts -> Change The Way Users Log On And Off -> and tick Use Welcome Screen.
If I do that, it requires me to type a logon name. It's not that its a pain or that I'm trying to get rid of it, I want to know why it has stopped all of a sudden.

[Storm]

you have prolly been messin with tweak UI, and set it to log you on automatically..........

Logon->autologon-> uncheck "log on automatically at startup" (this isnt advised to have on anyway, since it brings a security risk with it)

[Skiz]

Unless it came with a Windows automatic update, and did it by itself, that's not it.

[Smurfette]

XP by default goes straight to the desktop if there's only one user with no password, so I don't know why you should see the welcome screen with that setup.

Set a password and reboot.
Then try removing that password ans see if it fixes it.