You must however only use this with xp x86. The following is the guide to installing minlogon, but I will not be responsible for any damage installing minlogon may cause, although I personally have not experienced any problems. The are no disadvantages to using minlogon. Minlogon overrides your desktop settings to how it looked when you first installed xp, so backup all important files first (your documents and programs should still be there, but shortcuts may be missing). Minlogon decreased boot time from 35 seconds to 17 seconds. There first thing I noticed was that there was no fancy visuals and the first graphical appearance was the appearance of the desktop. However, there are some points to keep in mind when using these techniques. Using MinLogon in a Windows XP Embedded runtime allows you to reduce boot time, shutdown time, and footprint.
MinLogon is particular to Windows XP Embedded as it is geared toward the needs of embedded developers, and so is not available or supported on Windows XP Professional systems. WinLogon is not available for Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me). It consists of an executable file, a dynamic-link library (DLL), and associated services.
WinLogon is a utility that provides logon and authentication support for users to the local system and/or network domain. Minimal Logon (MinLogon) is a hybrid version of the Windows Logon component (WinLogon) that ships with both Windows XP Embedded and Windows XP Professional.
The inability to have a login screen at bootup. This guide has been edited to incorporate the feedback of early testers, and all problems have now been resolved.