How do you disable the welcome screen in XP? I want to have the user be brought automatically to the desktop screen upon restart or reboot. I have tried going to control panel > user accounts > change the way users log on off but I get the error window "automation server can't create object" and both options - use the welcome screen and use fast user switching unchecked. I have also gone to gpedit.msc to see if I can turn off the welcome screen but found no option that works.