re: Hide user account?
Sunday, January 17, 2010 at 3:04 am
Windows 7 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Izomiac
(1 messages posted)
Sorry for bumping this topic, but it shows up high enough on Google that I found
it and managed to use it to lock myself out of my admin account. It's a quick fix
if you know what to do, but I'm doubtful that most would.
My goal was to activate the Administrator account ("net user Administrator /active:yes"),
demote my primary account to a "Standard User", then hide the Administrator user
from the Welcome Screen. Using the registry edit above worked for the latter with
one critical side effect... it also hid the user from UAC. So I was left with a
standard user and no administrator account to elevate to (UAC "Ok" button disabled).
I didn't try safe mode, but the fix is easy enough otherwise. Boot from the Windows
install DVD and use the repair option (the Administrator account will work for this),
then select the command prompt. Type "regedit" and select the HKLM key. Go to File->Load
Hive, type a name, and select your boot drive's \Windows\System32\config\SOFTWARE
registry hive. From there, fix the registry edit, unload the hive, and reboot.
On Saturday, July 25, 2009 at 6:25 am, Steve B wrote:
>To be clearer, I should have said "if you disable all admin accounts, and boot up
>in safe mode........"
>
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- re: Hide user account? (Steve B: Saturday, July 25, 2009 at 6:25 am)
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