Change in start-up behaviour after Windows XP upgrade

[doross4u]

Hello!

My IBM ThinkPad T42p laptop computer was delivered to me with Windows XP SP1 preinstalled from the factory. The very first time I turned it on I set up an account in my name "Theodore" with administrator's privileges as I was asked to do by the introductory registration screen which appeared before Windows XP Professional start loading. "Theodore" and "Guest" were then the only available in the User's Accounts dialogue box and every time I started my system I could see a plain Windows welcome screen with the word "Welcome" exactly in the middle, without the name of my account, and shortly afterwards my desktop with my wallpaper and icons appeared.

However, as my system caught a virus, a few days ago, I had the Windows XP Professional SP1 reinstalled by the computer's Restore and Recovery feature to its factory delivery state and subsequently, I connected through the Internet to the Microsoft Update website and had Windows XP SP2, Windows XP SP3, Internet Explorer 8 as well as all the other available updates, including the latest version of .NET Framework, downloaded and installed on my system.

From that time, however, the behaviour of my system at start up has changed and I do not know the reason. Namely, I can see again the Windows welcome screen but this time it is divided in the middle by a vertical line with the word "Welcome" appearing to the left and my account name "Theodore" to the right of this vertical line. The Windows start up process stops here and every time I have to click on the name of my account for the start up process to continue so that I will see my desktop with my wallpaper and icons.

I have also noticed that after the installation of the latest version of .NET Framework, one more account, namely ASP.NET has been created in the User Account dialogue box and I naturally wonder if this is the reason for this change in my Windows start up behaviour as well as if there is something I can do to restore my system's behaviour EXACTLY to what it was before the upgrade as it has been analytically described above so that I can very briefly see the Windows XP Welcome screen without the vertical line and my account name before the system automatically loads my desktop.

I would appreciate a lot a correct answer by someone who has the right knowledge on that matter.

[rkawakami]

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