Profile Problem

I started a thread yesterday about a problem I was having with my Volume
Control icon not displaying in the system tray. What has finally fixed the
problem is:

After I hit the power on, it boots up automatically without any intervention
from me. (At this point the system tray does NOT have the volume control
showing. Then, I log off and from the log-on screen, I pick my name. When
everything settles down again, the system tray has in it what its suppose to
have.

Recently a technician had me create a new logon account to do some testing.
When we were through, I deleted the account. Perhaps that has created my
problem.

I am the only person using my machine I am the administrator. Can I fix
something so that I don't have to log off and on to get to the right
profile?

I installed XP Pro as an upgrade over ME. I have a Pentium 4 with 256M of
ram, 40G HD, and 1.3 processor.

Thanks, Jeannine

after auto login, open start menu.
What username is there?
Is it the same as when you logoff and logon again?

--
Dennis S.
I''m from Illinois. I hope I helped you. Good Luck.


"Jeannine" wrote:

> I started a thread yesterday about a problem I was having with my Volume
> Control icon not displaying in the system tray. What has finally fixed the
> problem is:
>
> After I hit the power on, it boots up automatically without any intervention
> from me. (At this point the system tray does NOT have the volume control
> showing. Then, I log off and from the log-on screen, I pick my name. When
> everything settles down again, the system tray has in it what its suppose to
> have.
>
> Recently a technician had me create a new logon account to do some testing.
> When we were through, I deleted the account. Perhaps that has created my
> problem.
>
> I am the only person using my machine I am the administrator. Can I fix
> something so that I don't have to log off and on to get to the right
> profile?
>
> I installed XP Pro as an upgrade over ME. I have a Pentium 4 with 256M of
> ram, 40G HD, and 1.3 processor.
>
> Thanks, Jeannine
>
>
>

The user name is the same before and after logoff and logon.

"Dixonian69" <Dixonian69@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FCC8EFD2-56EC-439C-B148-81E58BCD7DC9@microsoft.com...
> after auto login, open start menu.
> What username is there?
> Is it the same as when you logoff and logon again?
>
> --
> Dennis S.
> I''m from Illinois. I hope I helped you. Good Luck.
>
>
> "Jeannine" wrote:
>
>> I started a thread yesterday about a problem I was having with my Volume
>> Control icon not displaying in the system tray. What has finally fixed
>> the
>> problem is:
>>
>> After I hit the power on, it boots up automatically without any
>> intervention
>> from me. (At this point the system tray does NOT have the volume control
>> showing. Then, I log off and from the log-on screen, I pick my name. When
>> everything settles down again, the system tray has in it what its suppose
>> to
>> have.
>>
>> Recently a technician had me create a new logon account to do some
>> testing.
>> When we were through, I deleted the account. Perhaps that has created my
>> problem.
>>
>> I am the only person using my machine I am the administrator. Can I fix
>> something so that I don't have to log off and on to get to the right
>> profile?
>>
>> I installed XP Pro as an upgrade over ME. I have a Pentium 4 with 256M of
>> ram, 40G HD, and 1.3 processor.
>>
>> Thanks, Jeannine
>>
>>
>>

If it auto logs in, how do you know what user account it is using?

Open C:\documents and settings

What users are listed?
you obviously have more than one login.

--
Dennis S.
I''m from Illinois. I hope I helped you. Good Luck.


"Jeannine Gaskell" wrote:

> The user name is the same before and after logoff and logon.
>
> "Dixonian69" <Dixonian69@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FCC8EFD2-56EC-439C-B148-81E58BCD7DC9@microsoft.com...
> > after auto login, open start menu.
> > What username is there?
> > Is it the same as when you logoff and logon again?
> >
> > --
> > Dennis S.
> > I''m from Illinois. I hope I helped you. Good Luck.
> >
> >
> > "Jeannine" wrote:
> >
> >> I started a thread yesterday about a problem I was having with my Volume
> >> Control icon not displaying in the system tray. What has finally fixed
> >> the
> >> problem is:
> >>
> >> After I hit the power on, it boots up automatically without any
> >> intervention
> >> from me. (At this point the system tray does NOT have the volume control
> >> showing. Then, I log off and from the log-on screen, I pick my name. When
> >> everything settles down again, the system tray has in it what its suppose
> >> to
> >> have.
> >>
> >> Recently a technician had me create a new logon account to do some
> >> testing.
> >> When we were through, I deleted the account. Perhaps that has created my
> >> problem.
> >>
> >> I am the only person using my machine I am the administrator. Can I fix
> >> something so that I don't have to log off and on to get to the right
> >> profile?
> >>
> >> I installed XP Pro as an upgrade over ME. I have a Pentium 4 with 256M of
> >> ram, 40G HD, and 1.3 processor.
> >>
> >> Thanks, Jeannine
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

Somebody suggested I add a password to my login, that maybe if it slowed
down a little, it could find the volume icon. Funny thing, it worked the
very first time I tried it but not thereafter. The only thing that will
consistently work is to let it boot up (now I have to enter a password) and
after I get in (which, incidentally takes a VERY!!!!! long time--unlike any
other XP machine I use, but I've written than off to the fact that the
machine with the volume icon problem only has a 1.3 processor and 256M of
RAM) then I log off and log in. Then the notification area shows up the way
its supposed to. Maybe I should start all over and do a clean installation
of XP like I knew I should have in the first place. Thanks, Jeannine