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Figure 1-6

The Welcome screen is used by default on computers in workgroups.

See Also For more information about creating user accounts during installation, see Chap-

ter 2, “Installing Windows XP Professional.” For more information about setting up user

accounts (including turning on and off the Welcome screen), see Chapter 7, “Setting Up and

Managing User Accounts.”

A user can log on locally to either of the following:

A computer that is a member of a workgroup

A computer that is a member of a domain but is not a domain controller

Note Because domain controllers do not maintain a local security database, local user

accounts are not available on domain controllers. Therefore, a user cannot log on locally to a

domain controller.

The User Accounts program in the Control Panel includes a Change The Way Users Log

On Or Off task, which allows you to configure Windows XP Professional to use the Log

On To Windows dialog box instead of the Welcome screen.

The Log On To Windows Dialog Box

To use the Log On To Windows dialog box (shown in Figure 1-7) to log on locally to

a computer running Windows XP Professional, you must supply a valid user name; if

the user name is password-protected, you must also supply the password. Windows