Hide User Account

External Since: Jun 23, 2006 Posts: 1

I would like to create a user account but not have it show up on the welcome
screen. (lke the asp.net account). Is this doable?

External Since: Mar 26, 2005 Posts: 6

"JayatMed" <JayatMed.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A29A4556-0903-4A5F-B4B8-CDFB9442CDEF@microsoft.com...
> I would like to create a user account but not have it show up on the
welcome
> screen. (lke the asp.net account). Is this doable?

To hide a user's account from the welcome screen in Windows XP:

1. Open Registry Editor.

2. In Registry Editor, navigate to the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList

3. Create the following entry:

Username: REG_DWORD

(Where Username is the name of the user you want to hide from the Welcome
Screen).

4. Assign a value of 0.

5. Close Registry Editor.

6. Reboot.

This will prevent the user from showing up on the welcome screen. You will
need to press CTRL-ALT-DEL twice at the logon screen to get the old W2K
logon style box to be able to logon to the account you've hidden. Adding a
username and setting the value to 1 will cause that user, such as
Administrator, to show up on the Welcome screen as well.

HTH,

John7