i'm creating lots of accounts for our windows systems, and i want to hide the administrative accounts from being listed to the primary user. how do i do that?
i'm creating lots of accounts for our windows systems, and i want to hide the administrative accounts from being listed to the primary user. how do i do that?
To hide administrative accounts from being listed on the Windows login screen, you can modify the Registry. Here's how to do it: 1. Open Registry Editor (regedit.exe) 2. Navigate to:
1 | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList |
Testing if the previous output contains the string 0
: True
Testing if the previous output contains the string SpecialAccounts
: True
Testing if the previous output contains the string HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
: False
Testing if the previous output contains the string regedit
: True
i'm creating lots of accounts for our windows systems, and i want to hide the administrative accounts from being listed to the primary user. how do i do that?
i'm creating lots of accounts for our windows systems, and i want to hide the administrative accounts from being listed to the primary user. how do i do that?
To hide administrative accounts from being listed on the Windows login screen and other user-visible locations, you can use one of these methods: 1. Using Registry Editor:
1 2 3 4 5 | 1. Press Windows + R, type "regedit" and press Enter 2. Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList 3. If the SpecialAccounts and UserList folders don't exist, create them 4. Create a new DWORD (32-bit) Value with the name of the account you want to hide 5. Set its value to 0 to hide the account (1 shows the account) |
1 2 3 | 1. Press Windows + R, type "secpol.msc" and press Enter 2. Navigate to Security Settings > Local Policies > Security Options 3. Find "Hide last username" and enable it |
1 | net user administrator /active:no |
Testing if the previous output contains the string 0
: True
Testing if the previous output contains the string SpecialAccounts
: True
Testing if the previous output contains the string HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
: False
Testing if the previous output contains the string regedit
: True
i'm creating lots of accounts for our windows systems, and i want to hide the administrative accounts from being listed to the primary user. how do i do that?
i'm creating lots of accounts for our windows systems, and i want to hide the administrative accounts from being listed to the primary user. how do i do that?
To hide administrative accounts from being listed on the Windows login screen and other user-related interfaces, you can use one of these methods: 1. Using Registry Editor:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | 1. Press Windows + R 2. Type "regedit" and press Enter 3. Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList 4. If the "SpecialAccounts" and "UserList" keys don't exist, create them 5. In UserList, create a new DWORD (32-bit) Value 6. Name it with the username you want to hide 7. Set its value to 0 to hide the account (1 shows it) |
1 2 3 4 5 | 1. Press Windows + R 2. Type "secpol.msc" and press Enter 3. Navigate to Security Settings > Local Policies > Security Options 4. Find "Do not display last user name" 5. Enable this policy |
1 | reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList" /v AccountName /t REG_DWORD /d 0 |
Testing if the previous output contains the string 0
: True
Testing if the previous output contains the string SpecialAccounts
: True
Testing if the previous output contains the string HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
: False
Testing if the previous output contains the string regedit
: True
i'm creating lots of accounts for our windows systems, and i want to hide the administrative accounts from being listed to the primary user. how do i do that?
i'm creating lots of accounts for our windows systems, and i want to hide the administrative accounts from being listed to the primary user. how do i do that?
To hide administrative accounts from being listed on the Windows login screen, you can modify the registry. Here are two common methods: Method 1 - Hide specific users: 1. Open Registry Editor (regedit) 2. Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList 3. Create the "UserList" key if it doesn't exist 4. Create a new DWORD (32-bit) Value 5. Name it with the username you want to hide 6. Set value to 0 to hide the account (1 shows it) Method 2 - Hide all local accounts except the current user: 1. Open Registry Editor 2. Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System 3. Create new DWORD (32-bit) Value 4. Name it "dontdisplaylastusername" 5. Set value to 1 Remember to: - Back up the registry before making changes - Run regedit as administrator - Restart the computer for changes to take effect - Test the login for hidden accounts still work Note: Hidden accounts can still be accessed by typing their username manually at login.
Testing if the previous output contains the string 0
: True
Testing if the previous output contains the string SpecialAccounts
: True
Testing if the previous output contains the string HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
: False
Testing if the previous output contains the string regedit
: True
i'm creating lots of accounts for our windows systems, and i want to hide the administrative accounts from being listed to the primary user. how do i do that?
i'm creating lots of accounts for our windows systems, and i want to hide the administrative accounts from being listed to the primary user. how do i do that?
To hide administrative accounts from being listed on the Windows login screen, you can modify the Registry. Here's how to do it: 1. Open Registry Editor (regedit.exe) 2. Navigate to:
1 | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList |
1 | reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList" /v "AdminAccountName" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f |
Testing if the previous output contains the string 0
: True
Testing if the previous output contains the string SpecialAccounts
: True
Testing if the previous output contains the string HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
: True
Testing if the previous output contains the string regedit
: True