login screen

Hi, I've just upgraded to 8.1. I was always able to login as a different user and use my work network user credentials i.e. workgroup\username. On this version I can do this. I can only add users once logged in and switch between them on the login screen. This version doesn't show the 'login...

I have Googled with great frustration and cannot find a way to put a better background there. It's that kind-of upside-down rainbow.... grrr. You click on it. Then comes the blue screen where I have to put in my 8-digit password. How does a guy change that rainbow..?

win7 does not hibernate but sleeps! upon hibernating quickly goes to logon screen. Do i need to run the installation of windows files from boot from my USB? I need a quick fix

I am using windows 7 home premium on my desktop & laptop and I am unable to reach the login page for M&S banking, when I click on the sign in button all I get is a blank screen http://www.marksandspencer.com/c/mands-bank I have tried IE11, chrome, firefox and safari browsers. The only one that...

I have a computer clean installed with Windows 8.1 Pro, it had Windows 7 installed on it but I formated it and installed Windows 8. Anyways, boot time is very fast as the Fast Boot helps it make it fast, of course. But after booting a day later without going on it, it shows the boot screen...

We have a single domain environment with Windows 7 64bit clients. Some of our users have to "CLICK INTO THE PASSWORD FIELD" after they hit ctrl-alt-delete when they login. Is there a way to save users the step of having to click into the Password Field before they enter their password? (The...

Hi, i just updated my Windows 8.1 when I restarted my PC. When I was going to login, it was just a black screen. If you are in the login screen, the selected language in the right left corner and the internet connection in the left corner. Both of those two signs are flickering in the corners...

Hello, After the upgrade of 8.1 I got display issues because the resolution of Windows Apps (Metro UI, Internet Explorer, Login Page ...) has become lower than the resolution of windows. In my setting it is set at maximum level. Here you can see the problem (and you can see that resolution of...

Running Windows 7 -- I recently changed my work PC's user account name to my name, and likewise changed the name of the PC, through Control Panel>User Accounts and Control Panel>System. However, when the PC reboots and the login screen comes up, it always reads "Userid: Joe-HP (my new username)...

Hello all, I am trying to reset my Windows 7 password using the command prompt function. I restart my computer Press F8 On the Advanced Boot Options Screen -- Select Safe Mode with Command Prompt Loading Windows Files screen appears, and scrolls through filenames. Then - the Login window...

I updated my HP laptop from Win 8 to 8.1, on the Win 8 no login. After Win 8.1 boots there is the opening screen, which I hit the esc key to clear and than put in my pin in the box. Then it gives me the opening screen again, back to the login screen and back to the opening screen and then to the...

Guys, I tried to change the log on screen.First I located to the computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\Background and added a new DWORD value from0 to 1.Then I navigated to the C:\Windows\System32\Oobe folder and made a new folder renamed...

When I boot the pc (or get out of sleep mode) I want to see the login screen, like on win 7. I don;t want to see that multicolourfull lollipop screen which you need to click again to get to the login screen. How to skip the splashscreen on boot?

Hello So this week a purchased a new laptop [Asus N550JV], after installing the updates and updating the drivers it worked fine until... this morning I wanted to wake it from sleep mode. The log-in screen was a bit different, in the way that there was no way to log in: it just showed my name...

I tried resizing an jpg with Paint to use it as logon screen and before to save it a message showed saying that i will lose the transparency of the file but I save it and applied anyway. My mistake cause since then, whatever I tried, I can't restore or replace that ugly thing that I created. I...

I have an issue with getting a completely black screen. I never see a desktop. I never even see the login screen. If I press the sleep button on the case, then start it back up, I see a mouse pointer too. But on first boot, there is no mouse pointer. Booting in safe mode has the exact same...

I get Windows 7 rebooting on its own under the following condition: I power off the monitor and sometime later when I power it back on, I see that I am at the logon screen. If I never power off the monitor, Windows does not reboot on its own. I did change the power supply. sfc finds nothing...

I have had a problem for a few days now, My system boots up fine but when it gets to the login screen it starts to flicker and I cant do anything but it works fine in safe mode. I have tried uninstalling the display drivers and reinstalling them but that dosn't seem to work. Any tips on how to...

Hi all and thanks for your great supporting forum. I'm experiencing since this morning systematic BSOD at windows login, probably in relation with my video card. The first crash occured while googling (not gaming, no CPU activity), the screen blanked and then BSOD followed by reboot. At reboot...

Hi folks, bit embarrased about this one. After install W7pro to an mSATA drive, I've completely forgot how to remove the login screen when it comes out of hibernation. Im the only user and have already unticked the box reffering to login screen from screensaver, but I'm now suffering...