Hi there William,
Just though of another item of possible
interest to you.

Namely Microsoft's TweakUI.exe (for XP) !!

It has a section called "Logon" and under it, an option to checkmark a box
called :

"Show "Administrator" on Welcome screen"

(At least, it shows up that way in my XP Pro but it's well worth the
trouble of downloading the tiny file)

You can obtain the small installation file (146kb) by clicking the link
below :

http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...ertoySetup.exe

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"William Lurie" wrote in message
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By adding and validating a Key in Registry, we have been able to change
the Welcome Screen during Start-up so that it halts there, and allows
one to enter a User Name. I seem to recall from years ago, with XP/Pro,
that the option for an Administrator account there, but I've been unable
to do so with XP/Home. Is it that it cannot be done, or that I'm not
doing it right? We are aware of F8 and Safe Mode, but that leads in an
entirely different direction.