XP splash screen and shutdown

[milleron]

Just a few days ago, for no reason I could discern, I lost the XP opening splash screen and the shutdown screen. Both are replaced by dialog boxes. The opening one says "loading settings" like used to be displayed on the splash screen.
At shutdown, the SIMPLE GUI with "Standby," "Restart," and "Shutdown" options has been replaced by a complex dialog box that requires me choose those options from a drop-down list and then specify the REASON for wanting to shut down -- e.g., OS upgrade, OS reconfiguration, hardware upgrade, hardware maintenance, etc., and I don't even get the "OK" button unless I tick a "Planned" box.

I've Googled this until I can't see straight, but I can find no reference to the problem, let alone an answer.

WHAT in the world happened. How do I get back to the opening splash screen and the SIMPLE shutdown GUI???

 

[nitromullet]

Silly question, but are you sure you're running XP? Sounds like you are using Windows Server 2003...

This might help http://www.msfn.org/win2k3/shutdown.htm

 

[milleron]

NOT a silly question. I DO have a Windows Home Server which is based on Windows Server 2003. This problem might have occurred simultaneously with an automatic upgrade of the WHS Connector software recently.
HOWEVER, the shutdown dialog box I'm getting has a Windows XP Pro banner on top, and it is much more complex than the Server 2003 shutdown dialog box shown in the link you provide.
Maybe this is a case of "right church, wrong pew."

 

[nitromullet]

I just checked on an XP machine, and it has the exact same shutdown options as described in the link I posted. You might want to try running gpedit.msc just to see if the shutdown event tracker has been enabled. I could see how MS may have added to the options over time. Weird stuff though...

 

[Tempered81]

change the way users log on and off - and prompt for password...