How to Open the Classic Logon Screen from XP’s Welcome Screen

So, there’s this wonderful “feature” for Windows XP that, when you logoff, the password boxes on the Welcome screen don’t actually accept keyboard input (this was affecting me with a clean install of XP with SP3, 32-bit).

Did you know there’s a backdoor to bypass the Welcome screen and use the Classic logon dialog instead?

Just press Ctrl+Alt+Delete twice, and you’re in business:

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