I had posted this problem about a year ago on another tech support forum, but they never really came up with any concrete solution to the problem. After the successful solution to my first problem posted here, I'm confident that you guys might have the answer :D! The problem: When using the Welcome Screen to log-on it sticks at this screen and doesn't go past it. This means I can't log in! Unless.. Well.. unless I use the classic log in method, but that seems to be slower because it won't automatically log me in even if I have set it to do so. And anyway, I prefer the welcome screen since no-one else logs on this computer. Any ideas?

This used to happen some in Win98. Try disabling the sound file associated with Windows Logon. I believe it's called "Start Windows." A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age. Robert Lee Frost