It won't? Okay, thanks, Matthew, for this info. I keep learning. But what finally put an end to the logon sound being played and the WMP screen popping up remains a mystery. Perhaps Newton's famous...

In that case, I have no idea how and when that entry was added. Nor do I have any idea why it is that the logon sound task has been terminated now after all. But I'm glad and relieved it has. And I...

I've downloaded the batch file from this post, named 'Play_Sound_at_Logon_Passwordless'. There's an option for creating the task, and also an option for deleting it. I ran the file again and had it...

Yep, the task was created succesfully. However, a WMP pop-up screen appears on my desktop while the logon sound is being played. That was not what I had in mind. Unfortunately, I can't delete this...