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hidden account logon? Ok. I have a vista home premium on my daughters laptop. It has her account,
which we'll call "account A". Its an admin acct.
Then we have my account, "Account B", which is also an admin acct.
I went into the registry to hide my account from the logon screen, as I have
done before in XP.
After I modified the registry, her account is the only one visible at the
welcome screen, which is what I want.
The problem is, at the vista welcome screen, hitting ctrl-alt-del does not
bring up the alternate logon box as it did in XP, so I cant login to my
hidden account.
How can I make this work, or is there another, better way to do this in
vista?
TIA
which we'll call "account A". Its an admin acct.
Then we have my account, "Account B", which is also an admin acct.
I went into the registry to hide my account from the logon screen, as I have
done before in XP.
After I modified the registry, her account is the only one visible at the
welcome screen, which is what I want.
The problem is, at the vista welcome screen, hitting ctrl-alt-del does not
bring up the alternate logon box as it did in XP, so I cant login to my
hidden account.
How can I make this work, or is there another, better way to do this in
vista?
TIA
“ The problem is, at the vista welcome screen, hitting ctrl-alt-del does not
bring up the alternate logon box as it did in XP,
have Vista Home - the same rule applies.
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Well I dont do much with xp home boxes anymore but I could have sworn ive
done the ctrl-alt-del logon before on one.
done the ctrl-alt-del logon before on one.
“Originally Posted by Gordon
Umm only in XP PRO. XP Home does not have the Ctl-Alt-Del logon. You have
Vista Home - the same rule applies.
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On my XP Home SP3 laptop, ctrl-alt-del brings up a 'Log On to Windows' box
with place for User Name and Password.
For my Vista home Premium
In the User Accounts window,
Advanced tab
Secure logon area
there is a box for
Require users to press Ctrl-Alt-Delete
I don't have mine set that way so don't know the consequences of checking
that box.
From windows Help...
In Windows XP, the Welcome screen could be turned on or off. In this version
of Windows, the Welcome Screen can't be turned off. Fast User Switching is
turned on by default.
Michael
with place for User Name and Password.
For my Vista home Premium
In the User Accounts window,
Advanced tab
Secure logon area
there is a box for
Require users to press Ctrl-Alt-Delete
I don't have mine set that way so don't know the consequences of checking
that box.
From windows Help...
In Windows XP, the Welcome screen could be turned on or off. In this version
of Windows, the Welcome Screen can't be turned off. Fast User Switching is
turned on by default.
Michael
“Originally Posted by BillWell I dont do much with xp home boxes anymore but I could have sworn ive
done the ctrl-alt-del logon before on one.
Hi Bill,
In Vista, after you press Ctrl+Alt+Del, you can use the "Switch User"
or "Log Off" option to then see the log on screen for the other
available created user accounts. If you would like the built-in
Administrator account, then this tutorial below will help show you how
to enable it so that it will be available at the log on screen.
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67...r-account.html
Hope this helps,
Shawn
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In Vista, after you press Ctrl+Alt+Del, you can use the "Switch User"
or "Log Off" option to then see the log on screen for the other
available created user accounts. If you would like the built-in
Administrator account, then this tutorial below will help show you how
to enable it so that it will be available at the log on screen.
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67...r-account.html
Hope this helps,
Shawn
“Originally Posted by 932322Ok. I have a vista home premium on my daughters laptop. It has her
account,
which we'll call "account A". Its an admin acct.
Then we have my account, "Account B", which is also an admin acct.
I went into the registry to hide my account from the logon screen, as I
have
done before in XP.
After I modified the registry, her account is the only one visible at
the
welcome screen, which is what I want.
The problem is, at the vista welcome screen, hitting ctrl-alt-del does
not
bring up the alternate logon box as it did in XP, so I cant login to my
hidden account.
How can I make this work, or is there another, better way to do this in
vista?
TIA
Brink
*There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
them.*
'*Windows 7 Forums*'
(http://www.sevenforums.com/) *and* '*::Vista Forums::*'
(http://www.vistax64.com)
*Please post feedback to help others.*
“
Well I dont do much with xp home boxes anymore but I could have sworn
ive done the ctrl-alt-del logon before on one.
versions for that matter), but you might try CTRL+ALT+DEL twice. I seem
to remember having to do that in XP to get the username/password login
dialog in XP in some circumstances, don't know if it is the same in
Vista or not.
Zaphod
No matter where you go, there you are!
“ Ok. I have a vista home premium on my daughters laptop. It has her
account, which we'll call "account A". Its an admin acct.
Then we have my account, "Account B", which is also an admin acct.
I went into the registry to hide my account from the logon screen, as I
have done before in XP.
After I modified the registry, her account is the only one visible at the
welcome screen, which is what I want.
The problem is, at the vista welcome screen, hitting ctrl-alt-del does not
bring up the alternate logon box as it did in XP, so I cant login to my
hidden account.
How can I make this work, or is there another, better way to do this in
vista?
TIA
that you have a logon account on her laptop?
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