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Old 03-31-2009   #1 (permalink)
Ed Hall


 
 

Hide Admin Account at Welcome screen but still log on to it???

Hi all,

If somebody wanted to in Vista:
-Have an admin account not visible (hidden) at the Welcome screen, and
-still be able to log onto that account, and
-have other standard users log-on without having to use CTRL-ALT-DEL.
How would it be done?

This is a Workgroup environment, and I'm old fashioned and like the way Win
XP treated the Administrator account being hidden, but one could still
CTRL-ALT-DEL to the classic logon if the user got themselves locked out.

Thanks,
Ed Hall

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Old 03-31-2009   #2 (permalink)


Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: Hide Admin Account at Welcome screen but still log on to it???

Hello Ed,

That option has been removed in Vista. An alternative is to use the log on with user name and password option. This way none of the accounts are displayed.

Logon with Username and Password

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by Ed Hall View Post
Hi all,

If somebody wanted to in Vista:
-Have an admin account not visible (hidden) at the Welcome screen, and
-still be able to log onto that account, and
-have other standard users log-on without having to use CTRL-ALT-DEL.
How would it be done?

This is a Workgroup environment, and I'm old fashioned and like the way Win
XP treated the Administrator account being hidden, but one could still
CTRL-ALT-DEL to the classic logon if the user got themselves locked out.

Thanks,
Ed Hall
My System SpecsSystem Spec
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