Just a few questions please

I'm running a clean XP computer with all installed updates. After MS
sent me the CD for SP2, I installed it and ran the updates to see if
anything new was to be added. I notice that my installation history
isn't showing my SP2 installation.(It's in my computer/properties and I
know it's fine) First question of two is this; why isn't the SP2 showing
on my installation history on the update site and showing as installed
in my computer?
Number two question please, and thank you for taking your time to look
at this post and possibly deal with it :-)
After installing SP2, and before installing SP2, when the computer
booted, it gave me a full intermediate window during the boot process
that showed an icon for me and when clicked said my personal settings
were being loaded. That was fine....no problem at all.
Last night, I went out to the update site and ran a scan. It showed the
GDI detection tool and the net framework 1.1 service pack 1. I
downloaded both and installed them. Question is this; after the install,
when the computer boots, the full window showing the icon to be clicked
that loads my personal settings is now not showing up in the boot
process. The computer loads through the welcome right on into a normal
desktop.
Is this the result of this update and should I be concerned about the
change in the computer boot behavior?
Many thanks,
Dudley Henriques
International Fighter Pilots Fellowship
Flight Instructor/Aerobatics/Retired

Dudley Henriques wrote:

> I'm running a clean XP computer with all installed updates. After MS
> sent me the CD for SP2, I installed it and ran the updates to see if
> anything new was to be added. I notice that my installation history
> isn't showing my SP2 installation.(It's in my computer/properties and I
> know it's fine) First question of two is this; why isn't the SP2 showing
> on my installation history on the update site and showing as installed
> in my computer?

Only things installed through Windows Update/Automatic Updates are
displayed in the installation history. Things you have downloaded
from the Download Center or installed from DC will not show up there.


> Number two question please, and thank you for taking your time to look
> at this post and possibly deal with it :-)
> After installing SP2, and before installing SP2, when the computer
> booted, it gave me a full intermediate window during the boot process
> that showed an icon for me and when clicked said my personal settings
> were being loaded. That was fine....no problem at all.
> Last night, I went out to the update site and ran a scan. It showed the
> GDI detection tool and the net framework 1.1 service pack 1. I
> downloaded both and installed them. Question is this; after the install,
> when the computer boots, the full window showing the icon to be clicked
> that loads my personal settings is now not showing up in the boot
> process. The computer loads through the welcome right on into a normal
> desktop.
> Is this the result of this update and should I be concerned about the
> change in the computer boot behavior?

Go to [Control Panel] [User Accounts] [Change the Way Users Log On and
Off].

Check [Use the Welcome Screen] (and [Use Fast User Switching] if you want
to)



--
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...r/default.mspx

Thank you very much. This clears up my mysteries for me.
DH

"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" <Torgeir.Bakken-> wrote in message
news:...
> Dudley Henriques wrote:
>
>> I'm running a clean XP computer with all installed updates. After MS
>> sent me the CD for SP2, I installed it and ran the updates to see if
>> anything new was to be added. I notice that my installation history
>> isn't showing my SP2 installation.(It's in my computer/properties and
>> I know it's fine) First question of two is this; why isn't the SP2
>> showing on my installation history on the update site and showing as
>> installed in my computer?
>
> Only things installed through Windows Update/Automatic Updates are
> displayed in the installation history. Things you have downloaded
> from the Download Center or installed from DC will not show up there.
>
>
>> Number two question please, and thank you for taking your time to
>> look at this post and possibly deal with it :-)
>> After installing SP2, and before installing SP2, when the computer
>> booted, it gave me a full intermediate window during the boot process
>> that showed an icon for me and when clicked said my personal settings
>> were being loaded. That was fine....no problem at all.
>> Last night, I went out to the update site and ran a scan. It showed
>> the GDI detection tool and the net framework 1.1 service pack 1. I
>> downloaded both and installed them. Question is this; after the
>> install, when the computer boots, the full window showing the icon to
>> be clicked that loads my personal settings is now not showing up in
>> the boot process. The computer loads through the welcome right on
>> into a normal desktop.
>> Is this the result of this update and should I be concerned about the
>> change in the computer boot behavior?
>
> Go to [Control Panel] [User Accounts] [Change the Way Users Log On and
> Off].
>
> Check [Use the Welcome Screen] (and [Use Fast User Switching] if you
> want
> to)
>
>
>
> --
> torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
> Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
> the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...r/default.mspx