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Wesley,
Well, checking the "Use the Welcome Screen" checkbox failed to bring back
the user icon in the Start Menu. However, a different section of your post
solved the problem. At least I got my user icon back in the Start Menu.
Thanks so much for your help.
Wesley wrote:
> User Picture is Missing on Start Menu:
> It's only there if you are using XP themes.
> If using classic there is no picture.
Sure enough, in the appearance tab of the Display Properties dialogue box, I
was using the Classic theme, not the XP theme. All I had to do was to switch
back to the XP theme, and the user icon reappeared in my Start Menu. A
thousand other things that I hate about the XP theme also came back, but I
guess I can deal with those by "modifying" the XP theme! I sure hope so.
Can you think of a better way for me to accomplish the same thing? I only
really want to use the XP Start Meni, not the whole XP theme.
Spiff
Wesley Vogel wrote:
> Spiff,
>
> No. You do not have to change logging in automatically.
> I log in automatically and I have the Welcome Screen turned
> on. I never even see the Welcome Screen.
>
> Disabling the Welcome Screen removes the picture from the
> XP Start Menu. The Welcome Screen and the Start Menu use
> the same picture.
>
> [[User Picture is Missing on Start Menu: It's only there
> if you are using XP themes. If using classic there is no picture.
> Go to Start/Run and type in: regsvr32 shimgvw]]
>
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_u.htm
>
> Disadvantages of having the Welcome Screen turned off.
>
> Ctrl + Alt + Delete opens the Windows Security window if
> the Welcome screen is turned off instead of opening the
> Task Manager.
>
> The Welcome screen must be turned on to see the Users tab
> in Task Manager. (Fast User Switching must also be turned
> on.)
>
> Fast User Switching is available only when the Welcome
> screen is turned on.
>
> Disabling the Welcome Screen removes the user picture
> from the XP Start Menu. The Welcome Screen and the Start
> Menu use the same picture.
>
> The only disadvantage that I see to having the Welcome
> Screen turned on is that you get a lot of Failure Audits; Event
> ID 529 & 680.
>
> Failure Events Are Logged When the Welcome Screen Is
> Enabled
>
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=305822
>
> [[Domain Members
> This feature is not supported on computers that are a member
> of a domain.]]
> How To Add or Change a User's Picture in Windows XP
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;292434
>
>
> In news:uYZQx93hFHA.2916@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl,
> Spaceman Spiff <SpamMeNot@All.com> hunted and pecked:
>> Wesley,
>>
>> Wesley Vogel wrote:
>>> Turn the Welcome Screen on.
>>
>> Does this mean that if I use Start, Run, control userpasswords2,
>> and set my user name to log in automatically, there is no way
>> that I can have my user icon displaying in the Start Menu? This
>> is another thing that I had done, right when my user icon first
>> disappeared. I forgot to mention that in my original post, which
>> probably wasn't helpful.
>>
>> I don't really want the Welcome Screen back, as I am the only
>> user who logs onto this machine with any regularity, and I wish
>> to avoid the extra step of clicking on my user name in order to
>> proceed to a desktop every time I start Windows.
>>
>> My two goals are:
>>
>> 1) bypass the Welcome Screen without clicking on my user
>> name, and 2) having my user icon display in the Start menu
>>
>> Are my goals compatible with one another?
>>
>> Spiff
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> Wesley Vogel wrote:
>>> Turn the Welcome Screen on.
>>>
>>> To turn the Welcome screen on or off
>>>
>>>
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows
>>> /xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ua_logon_at_welcome_page.mspx
>>>
>>> Also see this...
>>> Remove the Username and picture from Windows XP New Start Menu
>>>
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/removepicture.htm
>>>
>>>
>>> In news:%23Xs7rmjhFHA.3656@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl,
>>> Spaceman Spiff <SpamMeNot@All.com> hunted and pecked:
>>>> All,
>>>>
>>>> I used to have a user icon at the top of my XP style
>>>> Start Menu, but now it is gone. All I can remember doing is
>>>> switching to the Windows Classic Start Menu for a minute
>>>> one day, and then switching back to the XP style of Start Menu.
>>>> When I switched back, the icon was gone, and just my user
>>>> name was listed. Everything else about the Start Menu
>>>> was untouched, but the icon was gone.
>>>>
>>>> The only other thing that I had messed with was in the System
>>>> Properties Dialogue Box, on the Advanced Tab, I had clicked the
>>>> Performance Settings button, and selected the radio button for
>>>> "Adjust for best performance." Could that have killed my icon?
>>>> I want it back!
>>>>
>>>> By the way, I have heard that Windows XP will not display user
>>>> icons on a mchine which logs onto a domain, but I do not log
>>>> onto a network on the machine in question, so that shouldn't be
>>>> an issue. Also, if I log off, and reach the login screen again, there
>>>> is a user icon on the login screen. So I do still have an icon, it is
>>>> just not displaying in my Start Menu anymore.
>>>>
>>>> Spiff
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