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kingfisher171
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I may have a problem. Yesterday I set-up a webcam on the comp. Because there was no video, someone linked me to the required drivers, this is fine. Then it was on to establish MSN, this seemed to take ages. Although it is no on, I seem to have introduced a start up issue.
Untill then, I would switch on and await a blue background screen with the various icons and task bar with flashing green TV's. A click on Internet icon would take me to my home page (yahoo).
Now, after a much longer wait, I get the blue backgound page, with a layout with two options. 1) states my christian name and space for me to enter a password. Once entered that takes me to the original page that I'm used to.
The second option is Guest user, and that too has a place for a password. If I clic that, I'm taken to the XP home page I think it is, blue sky and green field.
When I enter via my name, I then get two MSN boxes etc.
I'm now wondering if the introduction of MSN has brought this about. I've deleted MSN from Add/Remove, (because I've since learnt that I can have yahoo messenger, I didn't know it was there, hence MSN). Is there anyything else I should remove in Add/Remove associated with Microsoft that might loose this new way of opening?.
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greysts
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Loc: Colchester
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Go to Start, Control Panel, User Accounts and tell me how many accounts you see and, except your own and Guest, what are their names?
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Do you know that we're all in line for succession to the throne? Really?
Well, if forty-eight million, two hundred thousand, seven hundred and one people died I'd be Queen.
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kingfisher171
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There is just
mine(with computer administrator/password protected) and
Guest (account is on)
I went into a comp shop for webcam and saw a similar screen to the one I want to get rid of, and he said to go to properties and sort it from there, but as yet, dinners ready so haven't dome anything.
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greysts
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Loc: Colchester
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Turn the Guest account off.
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Do you know that we're all in line for succession to the throne? Really?
Well, if forty-eight million, two hundred thousand, seven hundred and one people died I'd be Queen.
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kingfisher171
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Reg'd: Tue
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Progress!, I have now turned guest off and it has gone.
What I feel now, is that somehow the level of security must have been increased, (maybe when I downloaded MSN, which has now gone in favour of yahoo messeneger), because of the need to sign myself in via a password before I can get on line. I don't like the idea of this. There is only my wife and I here, and she has no idea how to operate a computer. Our family live miles away, but I'd have no problem with them accessing it were they here, or if I snuffed it.
So, maybe someone could advise me in an easy to understand way, how to revert to gaining direct access once I'd switched on please.
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