Hide admin account at the start up screen


  1. imcanadian
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    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
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    Hide admin account at the start up screen


    Hello and I am new to this forum as I need help with "Hide admin account at the start up screen." I did download the file, Built-in Administrator Account - Enable or Disable. I saved the file in download folder then extract this file to desktop. Then I click the " DisableUACforAdmin " now my question is that where is this registry go to? Because of asking is that after I clicked this and the message popped up on the screen and said below:

    Registry Editor

    / ! \ Adding information can unintentionally change or delete values and cause components to stop
    working correctly. If you do not trust the source of this information in
    C:\Users\Mackay\Desktop\DisableUACforAdmin.reg, do not add it to the registry.

    Are you sure you want to continue? [ Yes ] [ No ]

    And I did go ahead to click this and not sure if it is working because I tried again to restart the computer and the icon on the screen still show. What have I done now with this?

    Forgot to add that my operating system is Windows 7 64x Home Premium.

    Your help would be appreciated!

    Thank you,

    John
    Last edited by imcanadian; 21 Aug 2013 at 23:27. Reason: Add my operating system
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  3. VistaKing
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    Windows 7 Ultimate 32-Bit & Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit
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    Is Mackay in the Administrators Group ? If so do the following

    Built-in Administrator Account - Enable or Disable


    Open up an Elevated Command Prompt. Click on in type CMD . Right click on CMD under Programs (1) choose . On the User Access Control window click on the Yes button . Command Prompt opens up to C:\Windows\System32>_

    Inside the command prompt type in the command below

    net user administrator /active:no
    press Enter you should see this The Command Completed Successfully
    Last edited by Brink; 25 Aug 2013 at 21:32. Reason: added tutorial link for more info
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  4. imcanadian
    Posts : 54
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
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    Thanks for your help with this and sorry that I did not do till this evening as my wife and I were away to U.S. to be with our son and his family. Once again thanks for your help with this

    John
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