Unfortunately have tried these as well with no success...
I would have thought that the Registry edits would have worked and was a bit surprised when they didn't which tells me that its possibly a Registry setting that is wrong or a corrupt key perhaps.
Aren't the Registry keys that control the 'Welcome Screen' located at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon, not sure what else would prevent it from working, very strange...UPDATE
Hmm, the other Repair utility(not from the Recovery Console) from the WinXP CD, but after the WinXP License Agreement where you have the option of a fresh install of WinXP or Repair WinXP which seems to have fixed the problem(you must have the WinXP Service Pack 3 CD otherwise you risk losing any previously installed WinXP Service packs). I was under the impression that it would reset Windows to its default settings leaving installed programs or possibly copy over everything as I haven't had to use it before so wasn't accustomed to using it; however everything is intact and the 'Welcome Screen' is back.
Also noticed under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon that AutoAdminLogon is now a key in the Registry and set to 0, however don't remember it being there earlier as I recall looking for it, wonder if that may have contributed to the problem.
And found that implementing the instructions below restored the 'Welcome Screen' as well;
In the registry at the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
and look down the right hand list for: UIHost.
It should show: logonui.exe
if it is not there, right click on an empty spot on the right hand pane, click {NEW}, click on expandable string value, and type the name UIHost in the flashing value name box. Then right click on that entry, click Modify, and in the flashing value data field type logonui.exe and press enter key.
Thanks for the help.
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