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re: Hide user account?
Saturday, July 18, 2009 at 10:14 am
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Posted by Ilya1 (4 messages posted)


Read this article http://www.intelliadmin.com/blog/2006/09/hide-user-accounts-from-windows-xp.html


On Friday, July 17, 2009 at 7:07 am, Steve B wrote:
>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. http://www.intelliadmin.com/blog/2006/09/hide-user-accounts-from-windows-xp.html http://www.intelliadmin.com/blog/2006/09/hide-user-accounts-from-windows-xp.html


Written in response to:
Hide user account? (Steve B: Friday, July 17, 2009 at 7:07 am)

Responses to this message:
*re: Hide user account? (Ilya1: Saturday, July 18, 2009 at 2:59 pm)

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)
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