Can't remove 'welcome screen' . . .

I've used the methods posted in tutorials by Brink and on every computer I've tried it on, it's worked. But I bought my wife a new laptop and have been customizing it (mostly to make it easier for me to work with it when I need to 'fix' it for her). I did initially have trouble with some of the personalization settings seemingly reverting to the state the laptop came in and ultimately removed a bunch of the Asus 'apps' that a previous user installed (this laptop was an open box) which seemed to resolve the issue. But this one has me stumped. I'm missing something that is either forcing the welcome screen to stay or haven't caught on to something else wonky. The settings all indicate it shouldn't show but . . . it does. Ideas?


Microsoft Windows 11 Home Version 10.0.22621 Build 22621
System Manufacturer ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
System Model ProArt Studiobook H7604JI
System Type x64-based PC
Processor 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-13980HX, 2200 Mhz, 24 Core(s), 32 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends International, LLC. H7604JI.303, 8/10/2023

Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 32.0 GB
Total Physical Memory 31.6 GB
Kernel DMA Protection On
Virtualization-based security Running
Virtualization-based security Required Security Properties
A hypervisor has been detected. Features required for Hyper-V will not be displayed.

What exactly does this Welcome screen look like? There are a number of possible screens you could be talking about. A screen shot (or a photo) would help identify it. The most probable is the "Let's finish setting up your device" screen.

I have my machines set to autologin, and the only thing I see after the OEM logo and spinner is a (chosen) image of the user (me) with the word Welcome under it. If THAT's what you want to stop, I'm not sure you can do it. But I've been wrong before. Good luck.