# Ms Gina (Microsoft Splash Screen) **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 9, 2008, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-gina-microsoft-splash-screen/471902 "2008-11-09T14:34:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![crazyjoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-gina-microsoft-splash-screen/471902/1 "2008-11-09T14:34:49Z")
I installed some software recently that somehow disabled the splash screen you get when you start up windows XP. This is the screen that gives you all the logins with the little icons next to them and such. I have no idea how to get it back, as the software didn’t even mention it was going to disable it until it did. Any help? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-gina-microsoft-splash-screen/471902/2 "2008-11-09T14:40:44Z")
It’s called the Logon screen. Try [this page](http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/win_xp_logon.htm) for help. ---
**Author:** ![crazyjoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-gina-microsoft-splash-screen/471902/3 "2008-11-09T15:18:12Z")
Ok, well, that’s furter than I’ve gotten before, but now it tells me that I need to uninstall the software that has disabled the windows login screen and fast user switching. When I go to do that, it tells me that the GINA service is chained to other things and that I have to uninstall the other stuff first…but it doesn’t tell me what the other stuff is…