Windows displays all users created on the Welcome screen,
you can masquerles users who are not physically present
on the machine (eg service users).
• Open the registry editor: Start, Run, type regedit
• Navigate to the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ Winlogon \ SpecialAccounts \ UserList \
• In the right pane, right-click an empty space
• Choose New then select DWORD Value
• Enter the exact username you want to hide
• Double-click the value created
• Enter 0 as the value for the user to hide the Welcome screen
• Enter 1 as value for the user to display the Welcome screen
you can masquerles users who are not physically present
on the machine (eg service users).
• Open the registry editor: Start, Run, type regedit
• Navigate to the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ Winlogon \ SpecialAccounts \ UserList \
• In the right pane, right-click an empty space
• Choose New then select DWORD Value
• Enter the exact username you want to hide
• Double-click the value created
• Enter 0 as the value for the user to hide the Welcome screen
• Enter 1 as value for the user to display the Welcome screen
