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July 04, 2008  
Subject: How to suppress Admin acct from welcome screen
Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_accounts_passwords
Date: 5/6/2008 6:08:03 PM
From: chocobot [Email Address Protection]

The subject says it all, I think. My machine has three accounts; admin, main
user, guest user. When the machine starts I do not want the admin acct to be
visible to the main and user accts from the welcome screen. I didn't see an
obvious way to do this but surely there must be. Advice?

chocobot


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Subject: Re: How to suppress Admin acct from welcome screen
Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_accounts_passwords
Date: 5/7/2008 12:06:33 AM
From: "Spirit" [Email Address Protection]

I guess I am insane (along with a group of others).

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/94805-user-account-hide.html

This is what you do if you can login.
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=3DviewArticleBasic=
&articleId=3D9015738&pageNumber=3D2

Turning on the Administrator account is straightforward.

First, open an elevated command prompt by typing=20

cmd into the Search box on the Start menu, right-clicking=20

the command prompt icon that appears at the top of the=20

Start menu, then selecting Run as administrator .

Then enter this command and press Enter:

Net user administrator /active:yes

From now on, the Administrator account will appear as an=20

option on the Welcome screen, along with any user accounts=20

you may have set up. Use it like any other account. Be aware=20

that it won't have a password yet, so it's a good idea to set a=20

password for it.

If you want to disable the account and hide it, enter this=20

command at an elevated command prompt and press Enter:

Net user administrator /active:no

AutoLogon - Start - Search - netplwiz

Highlight User Name - Uncheck Users must enter a User Name and Password

Provide Password when prompted or hit enter if no password

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67567-administrator-account.html

How to Enable or Disable the Real Built-in Administrator Account


"chocobot" <chocklat@Hotmail.com> wrote in message =
news:C4467933.9190%chocklat@Hotmail.com...
> The subject says it all, I think. My machine has three accounts; =
admin, main
> user, guest user. When the machine starts I do not want the admin acct =
to be
> visible to the main and user accts from the welcome screen. I didn't =
see an
> obvious way to do this but surely there must be. Advice?
>=20
> chocobot
>

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