Curious......XP Pro or Home edition? Also, the event logs will reveal any reboot, graceful or otherwise, as well as any applied patches.
Furthermore, I would consider the other suggestion of scanning for malware just to be on the safe side. Vipre rescue and malwarebytes are my top two picks, along with Trend Micro OfficeScan. Jonathan - Thumb typed from my HTC Droid Incredible (and yes, it really is) on the Verizon network. On Feb 25, 2011 11:45 AM, "John Aldrich" <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok. I really don't know if there was any recent updates... it's not really a > big deal as I fixed it, but I thought maybe some of you guys might have an > idea of a recent update in particular that might have caused it. :-) > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ames Matthew B [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 11:24 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Wierd XP issue > > Any recent updates from MS installed on the machine? If so, it might be > worth reading the KB articles on them as they might reveal the cause. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 25 February 2011 16:14 > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Wierd XP issue > > We don't have WSUS. All are patched directly from MS. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ames Matthew B [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 11:06 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Wierd XP issue > > Any recent patches applied to the machine. Is it patched as part of your > WSUS infrastructure, or does it just get the updates direct from MS? > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 25 February 2011 15:44 > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Wierd XP issue > > Yeah... Welcome screen has always been on. I saw where the "Administrator" > user normally doesn't show up on the Welcome screen, but it has been there > up until they rebooted this morning. Not a big deal, but I am just curious > as to why it would suddenly disappear from the welcome screen. :-) > > > > From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 10:34 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Wierd XP issue > > Sounds as if the welcome screen was turned on... by an update perhaps? > Go to Control, User Accounts, Change the way users..., uncheck the Use > Welcome Screen box. > This will disable fast user switching for the computer, but probably isn't > necessary in your case. You should now be able to logon with credentials... > > > > On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 10:14 AM, John Aldrich > <[email protected]> wrote: > We have a workstation running Windows XP that controls a proprietary piece > of hardware. The machine is NOT attached to the active directory, although > it is on the network. The proprietary software that runs on it was set up > under the Administrator account and *has* to run under the Admin account or > it barfs as it requires a keylock and won't see that keylock if you try to > run it as another user (it thinks you're trying to violate the license > agreement.) > > Today, they rebooted the machine and the "Administrator" account was nowhere > to be seen and it wouldn't let me log on as the administrator until I logged > in as someone else first. 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