Hide user account? Friday, July 17, 2009 at 7:07 am Windows 7 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Steve B (1909 messages posted) I want a second user account with admin privileges so I can get access to the system if my regular account with admin privileges gets clobbered. I don't want this account, which I will probably never need to use, cluttering up the logon screen and further confusing my already confused brain. With XP pro, this is easier than falling off a log. It's called the Administrator account and it exists right out of the box. I guess XP home has the equivalent, involving safe mode perhaps. I can't figure out how to do this with Win7. Maybe it involves safe mode? I realize I can enable the Administrator account, but then it appears on the logon screen. I figure there are good reasons not to enable the Administrator account anyway. Responses to this message: re: Hide user account? (Ilya1: Saturday, July 18, 2009 at 10:14 am) All messages in this thread [show all] Hide user account? (Steve B: Fri, Jul 17, 2009, 7:07 am) re: Hide user account? (Ilya1: Sat, Jul 18, 2009, 10:14 am) re: Hide user account? (Ilya1: Sat, Jul 18, 2009, 2:59 pm) re: Hide user account? (Steve B: Sat, Jul 18, 2009, 5:16 pm) re: Hide user account? (Ilya1: Sun, Jul 19, 2009, 2:46 am) re: Hide user account? (Ilya1: Sun, Jul 19, 2009, 3:06 am) re: Hide user account? (Steve B: Mon, Jul 20, 2009, 9:05 am) re: Hide user account? (Steve B: Mon, Jul 20, 2009, 9:27 am) re: Hide user account? (NigelHH: Thu, Jul 23, 2009, 9:56 pm) re: Hide user account? (Steve B: Fri, Jul 24, 2009, 5:57 am) re: Hide user account? (NigelHH: Fri, Jul 24, 2009, 6:08 pm) re: Hide user account? (Steve B: Sat, Jul 25, 2009, 6:08 am) re: Hide user account? (Steve B: Sat, Jul 25, 2009, 6:25 am) re: Hide user account? (Izomiac: Sun, Jan 17, 2010, 3:04 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 7 Discussion Forum