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I would like to create a user account but not have it show up on the welcome
screen. (lke the asp.net account). Is this doable?
 
JayatMed said:
I would like to create a user account but not have it show up on the welcome
screen. (lke the asp.net account). Is this doable?
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To hide a user's account from the welcome screen in Windows XP:

1. Open Registry Editor.

2. In Registry Editor, navigate to the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList

3. Create the following entry:

Username: REG_DWORD

(Where Username is the name of the user you want to hide from the Welcome
Screen).

4. Assign a value of 0.

5. Close Registry Editor.

6. Reboot.

This will prevent the user from showing up on the welcome screen. You will
need to press CTRL-ALT-DEL twice at the logon screen to get the old W2K
logon style box to be able to logon to the account you've hidden. Adding a
username and setting the value to 1 will cause that user, such as
Administrator, to show up on the Welcome screen as well.



HTH,

John7
 
And if you're not comfortable editing the Registry, TweakUI for Windows XP will handle this, as well.
 
iHi, I have a problem. I'm putting a pc together for my brother with Vista
Home Premium retail. I set him up as a limited user, and myself as an admin.
Before handing over the pc to my brother, I removed myself from the list of
user logons SpecialAccounts\Userlist, setting my DWORD to 0. Now there's only
one profile for my brother to see. However, I can no longer re-enable my
account, as the User Access Control dialog does not offer a textbox in which
to type my admin password! Bottom line: his profile does not have rights to
do admin tasks, and when prompted to enter a password for my profile on UAC,
no textbox is present. Please help!
 
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