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make account invisible
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make account invisible
Monday, October 6, 2003 at 2:09 am
Posted by Alex
(7 messages posted)
Hey guys
as you know the Administrator account has an invisible login screen
since I have multiple laptops on Win98 that need access to my computer with XP I
needed to add usernames (computernames). Now my logon is bursting with logon names
that I really don't use....Is there anyway around this (making the usernames not
visible just as the administrator account isn't)?
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re: make account invisible
Monday, October 6, 2003 at 3:20 am
Posted by Michael McMillan
(812 messages posted)
This is an easy one. Go to Control Panel, User Accounts. Then, click on Change The
Way Users Log On. Select Classic Logon. This removes the fast user switching as well,
but this way you only have one user name showing, namely the last one who logged
on.
On Monday, October 6, 2003 at 2:09 am, Alex wrote:
>Hey guys
>
>as you know the Administrator account has an invisible login screen
>
>since I have multiple laptops on Win98 that need access to my computer with XP I
>needed to add usernames (computernames). Now my logon is bursting with logon names
>that I really don't use....Is there anyway around this (making the usernames not
>visible just as the administrator account isn't)?
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re: make account invisible
Monday, October 6, 2003 at 3:28 am
Posted by Alex
(7 messages posted)
Thanx Michael, it's better like that, just the nifty welcomescreen is gone; I don't
suppose you know why the Admin account is invisible? any registry hacks so I can
make a more selective approach?
On Monday, October 6, 2003 at 3:20 am, Michael McMillan wrote:
>This is an easy one. Go to Control Panel, User Accounts. Then, click on Change The
>Way Users Log On. Select Classic Logon. This removes the fast user switching as
well,
>but this way you only have one user name showing, namely the last one who logged
>on.
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re: make account invisible
Monday, October 6, 2003 at 3:44 am
Posted by Michael McMillan
(812 messages posted)
There's one that makes the user name itself disappear, so you have to type it in
the same as you do the password. Unfortunately, I don't have the time now to look
it up (boss says I have to get to work. This is my personal computer, but I have
to leave in mere moments.). As far as the admin account being invisible, that is
what passes for Microsoft security. To my knowledge, none of the earlier NT OSes
does this.
On Monday, October 6, 2003 at 3:28 am, Alex wrote:
>Thanx Michael, it's better like that, just the nifty welcomescreen is gone; I don't
>suppose you know why the Admin account is invisible? any registry hacks so I can
>make a more selective approach?
>
>
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re: make account invisible
Monday, October 6, 2003 at 9:03 am
Posted by Adam Bradley
(8787 messages posted)
The reason it is hidden is to protect it from tampering
That account is intended for fixing problems not everyday activates
It is the only account that the recovery consol will accept and it only appears in
safe mode on XP home
In XP pro you can get it on the logon screen but I don’t know why you would want
to
Regards, Adam Bradley
On Monday, October 6, 2003 at 3:28 am, Alex wrote:
>Thanx Michael, it's better like that, just the nifty welcomescreen is gone; I don't
>suppose you know why the Admin account is invisible? any registry hacks so I can
>make a more selective approach?
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re: make account invisible
Monday, October 6, 2003 at 11:27 am
Posted by Dan Sarandrea, MCSE
(4310 messages posted)
The latest version of TweakUI for XP SP1 has the capability under Logon to selectively
show user accounts on the Welcome Screen. Just check/uncheck the boxes next to the
usernames to show/not show 'em on the Welcome Screen.
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re: make account invisible
Monday, October 6, 2003 at 11:42 am
Posted by Alex
(7 messages posted)
dear Adam, thanx for the reply; it's just the other way around; I have 5 logonaccounts,
4 of which are due to the fact that my other win98 computers can't connect to XP
otherwise. To have them on the welcomescreen serves no purpose and I want to make
them as invisible as the administrators account....any idea?
greetings, Alex
On Monday, October 6, 2003 at 9:03 am, Adam Bradley wrote:
>The reason it is hidden is to protect it from tampering
>That account is intended for fixing problems not everyday activates
>It is the only account that the recovery consol will accept and it only appears
in
>safe mode on XP home
>In XP pro you can get it on the logon screen but I don’t know why you would want
>to
>Regards, Adam Bradley
>
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re: make account invisible
Monday, October 6, 2003 at 1:27 pm
Posted by Alex
(7 messages posted)
Thanx Dan, this is what I meant..... ;)
On Monday, October 6, 2003 at 11:27 am, Dan Sarandrea, MCSE wrote:
>The latest version of TweakUI for XP SP1 has the capability under Logon to selectively
>show user accounts on the Welcome Screen. Just check/uncheck the boxes next to
the
>usernames to show/not show 'em on the Welcome Screen.
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