"James0" <not@xxxxxx> wrote ...
Quote:
> In Windows XP you could "hide" user accounts from the welcome screen by
> editing the registry. I would like to do this in Vista. I do not want to
Hi James,
Run Regedit and create the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList
("Winlogon" already exists, you need to create the "SpecialAccounts" and
"UserList" keys).
Under UserList key, add a REG_DWORD value with the name of the user account
you wish to hide (eg "fsmith", "sqlservice" or whatever). Give it the value
of 0, to hide the user from the logon screen. To make the user visible
again, set the value to 1, or delete their name altogether from the key.
When you reboot, the user will no longer appear on the logon welcome screen.
The SpecialAccounts and UserList keys already exist in XP, by default. For
some reason they were removed from the default registry in Vista - but they
still work, once you create them by hand.
Hope it helps,
--
Andrew McLaren
amclar (at) optusnet dot com dot au