Comments on: Remove User Accounts From the Logon Screen in Windows Vista

By: brifinn

brifinn — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:02:37 +0000

after updating my windows XP I had been left with my computer asking me too logon !! , before I updated it I found it would just load up too the desktop , a much better solution than it waiting for me too logon !! can anyone tell me how too get rid of this stupid update as its really annoying me having too logon all the time ??

By: aly

aly — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:51:51 +0000

And also can someone explain what Elcan Cea was saying?

By: aly

aly — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:51:09 +0000

Hi!

I have an asus which has a finger strip and it also shows two logon icons on the welcome screen. It also says “swipe finger…..” I also just have one user account.

Has anyone done a remedy to remove the other icon?

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:09:48 +0000

How would I go about Activating the Auto Administrator account on vista without it showing up on the logon screen And Only have it appear When i enter safe mode.

By: Elnan Cea

Elnan Cea — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:01:26 +0000

USBman just try this,

i also have the same problem with you and i also tried the above solution but it doesnt work, maybe because of the operating system, i am using vista starter or maybe to the application that you installed that makes a default user. Im just a beginner so i cant explain clearly. But this process work in me. This is how i solve it,

Just click on the winlogon and find:

DefaultUserName, if the user that you want to delete is in there, right-click DefaultUserName and Click Modify then replace it with your administrator username.

If your administrator Username has its password find:
AutoAdminLogon, it also there in winlogon and modify the value to zero(0).

And if you want to autologin your admin and dont have password, just leave it as 1.

Hope this will help…Cheers..

By: Nelytm

Nelytm — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:34:47 +0000

For those who have hide their last administrator user account here are the good news.

This sentence is not totaly true: “Important Note: Make sure not to hide your last administrator account using this tweak, or you won’t be able to login as administrator anymore.”

From any standard user go to Start > All Programs > Accessories > Command Promt, then type: “runas /profile /user:nameofyourmachine\hidenusername cmd” replacing “nameofyourmachine” and “hidenusername” with names that apply for your case and press enter. Eventualy you will be asked for a password, type it in and hit enter again. A new command promt windows will apear and here just type “regedit”, hit enter and you will get a Registry Editor Window where you can undo you change. Just repalce 0 with 1 (see the tweak above mentioned). That’s all. Now you will see your account name at wellcome screen. I made this in Win7, hope it will work for Vista too. Sorry for my poor English.

By: Diensi

Diensi — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:39:42 +0000

i tried deliting an acount but this acaunt was delited but my files were not saved in the administrative acaunt and i don’t know how to retrive my files. the space of the hard disk shows that the files are stile in the computer but i dont know how to get the files.

By: dz2k

dz2k — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:56:03 +0000

hey people. did you guys get past the upek(swipe finger) and 1 user account resolved for the welcome screen? this method doesnt work for that case.

By: jd2066

jd2066 — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:57:03 +0000

@Charles Kelley: You would need to use a boot disc like UBCD4Win to edit the registry and change that value.

By: Charles Kelley

Charles Kelley — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 23:41:55 +0000

Say if one did delete the last administrator account…how would they go about fixing that? Bc now they can’t edit the registry to remove the value.