ottoman, Thanks For the detailed description. I tried that and 99Dan's idea and neither worked. When I get rid of the Welcome screen, it replaces it with a login box that makes me enter a password. I used to be able to push the power button on and my WinXP Pro would load straight to the desktop. Since installing the software for a HP all-in-one scanner, it's changed the way Windows boots up for some strange reason. I don't want to do a System Restore to a time before I installed the scanner because it works good. I have no idea how I set it up before so that WinXP booted up straight to the desktop? Thanks for your help. Maybe Bruce knows some other trick.