Win2K Default User Login ID

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Craig Smith

I have setup two users on a new win2k workstation. The
users are admin and staff. However when i attempt to login
the username administrator shows up. This doesn't even
exist. I would like the username staff to appear as
default and have asked some colleagues but they either
don't know or have forgotten how to do this.
How do i set the default login id to the one i want?
I can't find an obvious way to do it.
Any help wouldbe appreciated. I realise this is a niggling
problem and that the system works fine other than this but
if i hand it over to someone they will probably complain
about having to always type staff in when they logon.

Thanks,

Craig
 
As far as I know, Windows can be set to clear the user
field by deleting some keys, but if the keys aren't
cleared, Windows will always remember and display the last
logged-on user. (Anyone please correct me if I'm wrong and
tell us how.)
I've been getting around this by creating a reg file that
has the desired username inserted into the WINLOGON key. I
named the file "winlogon.reg". Then I set the file to
import silently every time the PC is booted. I also put
the winlogon.reg file on the administrator desktop. It
makes sure both the domain and username listed allow the
user to do nothing more than type in their password.
If I log onto the PC as local Administrator (built-in
account - you can't delete it), then logging off will
change the domain and username and will confuse and anger
the user. I import the WINLOGON file and the user never
knows the difference.
***********WINLOGON.REG*****************
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"DefaultDomainName"="Domain"
"DefaultUserName"="Username"
*****************End********************
 
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