Default user

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Joseph

When Windows opens a user name appears in the first log on
window.

How can I change the default name that appears here?
 
Byt default, windows 2000 displays the username of the last person to
succesfully login. You can't change it (other than logging as someone
else), but you can disable display any username and require the user to type
one. This would be a policy setting (either local or global). In the
policy editor snap-in, look under Computer Configuration -> Windows
Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Options and set
the policy "Interactive Logon: Do not Display last username" to enabled.

- Jeff
 
Else if you mean autologon. You can run regedit.exe and navigate to;
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
edit the Reg_Sz string values
"DefaultUserName"
and
"DefaultPassword"
to reflect the correct username and password.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect.

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