Hello All, When my copy of Windows 8.0 is first switched on, despite Narrator being set to speak at start-up, No speech is heard and you come straight onto a splash screen. To close the splash screen you have to press the SPACEBAR (which sometimes does not work!) and you can then type your password in to finish off the OS loading and hear the speech load. Does anyone know how to turn this splash screen off so that it does not appear at start-up and you come straight into the password editfield and where this is done? Thanks. John. ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq