It's been several years and an SP or two since I actually saw this problem!
Turned out to be some sort of corruption in the user profiles. A "new user"
account was the accepted cure.
After things worked properly, the old user accounts were removed. Finally
the new user account was changed to the desired users name, etc.
(I had to skip the gory step by details, since I don't remember them.)

"Tim Meddick" wrote in message
...
Jorge,
type ("copy and paste") the following into your "Run" box on the
Start Menu :


c:\windows\system32\lusrmgr.msc


....and press [ok] - This should bring up the "Local Users and Groups"
console.

From here, you can see all the profiles currently set up on your XP
installation.

This includes "hidden" accounts.


It could be that installing "Total Commander" has configured .Net
Framework.

When .Net Framework is configured, it causes a new "hidden" profile called
"ASPINET" to be created.

This has the "knock-on" effect of making a PC with only one profile and no
password, that used to boot straight into Windows with no logon, to then
begin to stop at the "Welcome" screen.


You can override this effect, whether caused in the way described above or
in some other way, by downloading and using this tiny Microsoft utility
called "AutoLogon"

Download "AutoLogon" by clicking on the link below :

http://live.sysinternals.com/Autologon.exe


==

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




"Jorge Cervantes" wrote in message
...
I boot WinXP Pro with a password. I am the only user and also the
Administrator with the same password.
It now looks like that there are two users (i.e., two logons). The
reason is that when I log on the windows, I get A screen. When I reboot
the computer later, I get B screen. Both A and B screens are very
similar but two desktop icons are missing in one of the screens. I am
quite puzzled about this observation. My question is how to confirm that
there are two users (or logons) for one person, and if so, how to get rid
of one of the two logons.
Jorge