Here's my setup....

DESKTOP:
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* AMD Duron 1.0 Ghz. CPU
* 512 MB RAM
* Windows XP Home Edition
* Windows Live Mesh
* Gbridge

LAPTOP:
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* Intel Pentium 1.8 Ghz. CPU
* 3 GB RAM
* Windows Vista Home Premium Edition
* Windows Live Mesh
* Gbridge

The welcome screen I'm referring to is the one on the Desktop. It has
only two accounts (Mine as the administrator & the Guest account). I
managed to remove the .NET password from the administrator account.
Should that do the trick?

Here's what I'm tryng to do....

My goal is to get the desktop whereas it will boot up WITHOUT displaying
a welcome screen. Windows Live Mesh can circumvent this HOWEVER most
everyone who has ANY amount of savviness on the 'net KNOWS that ANYTHING
from Microsoft HARDLY resembles anything REMOTELY close to *ahem*
"secure" (sic), which is why I installed Gbridge as well.

The reason for this is because I'd like to GET RID of the big bulky
desktop monitor & move my laptop back over the desk where it belongs
(It's sitting here on the table I eat off of as it's THE ONLY place I
can put it & have room to work. I'll still run the desktop PC, but that
will only be used for running my Ham Radio station & associated software
which not only accesses the Internet, but also requires that it be run
on a PC that is SEPERATE from the PC used for other tasks. It'll also
be used for additional Hard Drive storage as well.

I suppose what I'm asking is should removing the .NET password do the
trick in eliminating the logon display screen from the Desktop PC or is
there something else I need to do or should've been done instead? Also,
would removing the .NET password from the Desktop PC do more harm than good?

Help in resolving this is MUCH needed & GREATLY appreciated. I look
forward to all the replies.

Cheers

Pat Cook
Denver, CO