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[sniffi]

Hi guys,
I need to login to a w2K pro machine using the admin account but I cant have the administrator user ID to appear on the login dialog the next time the user logs in. I would prefer it say the users name. any ideas? thanks in advanced

Mrquestion

 

[loony22]

BTW the cookie authentication on this site is messed up I'm not sniffi. I logged in as MRQuestion. Everyone beware.

 

[Eguy]

Log out as admin, then type in the user name you want on the login screen.

Ed Please let me know if the suggestion(s) I provide are helpful to you.
Sometimes you're the windshield... Sometimes you're the bug.

 

[gpalmer711]

Download the latest version of TweakUI from the microsoft website. Once installed there is a paranoia TAB. Click on this and you then have various tick boxes, one being the option to clear the user name each time you restart/logout of windows. Greg Palmer

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Any feed back is appreciated.

And remember if it doesn't work just flush it down the toilet.

 

[Eguy]

Good call Greg. I was not aware there was a TweakUI for W2K.

Ed Please let me know if the suggestion(s) I provide are helpful to you.
Sometimes you're the windshield... Sometimes you're the bug.

 

[UberNuggets]

You can configure Windows not to display the name of the last user who logged on with local policy.

Local Computer Policy >> Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Security Options >> Do not display last user Name in logon screen

For your purposes the easiest solution is to do as the previous poster advised: log off and type the name of any user you want in the logon window.

 

[goodwitc]

Local Security Settings
|
-> Local Policies
|
-> Security Options

There is a premade policy for this that you can enable. This should work. Policies are under admin tools.

Tom