Hide Administrator account from the Welcome Screen

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  1. Posts : 11,408
    ME/XP/Vista/Win7
       #11

    Kari said:
    UAC works also when built-in administrator account is disabled.
    Take a look above.
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  2. Posts : 158
    Windows 7 Professional x64
    Thread Starter
       #12

    Im not quite sure about that, beause last time I did that, I couldnt enable it!
    This means I have to make another Admin account...
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  3. Posts : 17,545
    Windows 10 Pro x64 EN-GB
       #13

    The built-in administrator account doesn't have to be enabled for UAC to work, but you need at least one normal user account with administrative rights. If you disable the built-in account, and use only standard user accounts, you have no way to enable the built-in account when needed.

    Kari
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  4. Posts : 3
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
       #14

    Bill2 said:
    manhunter,

    Home Premium does not include the Local Security Policy Manager so you'll need to do a registry modification to enable the classic logon.

    Click on start and type "regedit.exe" withot quotes into the search field, hit enter.

    Expand the registry key:


    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

    Double-click on “dontdisplaylastusername” in the right pane and then modify the value to “1″
    When I performed this registry edit and restarted, the login screen came up as expected, but none of the correctly typed active login/password combinations will work. They all report, "User name or password is incorrect." So I am stuck at the Welcome Screen.

    I should add that all Safe Mode boots go to the Welcome Screen, so this is no help. Also, although I've seem some indications that the built-in Administrator account is available in a Safe Mode Boot, when I log in with it it indicates that the account is disabled. I don't know if there is a way to enable it from the Safe Mode login screen (and Dell may have disabled the account when it set up the machine).

    Any suggestions? Thanks.

    Clay Johnson
    Last edited by onefear; 26 May 2010 at 10:08.
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  5. Posts : 48
    OS X Snow Leopard, Windows 7 Pro on the MacBook.
       #15

    manhunter2826 said:
    ^Is the local security policy not available in Home Premium -- I was just experimenting and it's not there.

    thanks.
    Nope, not at all. Only in 7 Pro and Ultimate, for whatever bloody reason. I guess MS did not intend for people to connect Home and Home Premium to a domain.
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  6. Posts : 3
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
       #16

    My problem is resolved. Impossible to return to the exact status quo ante the registry change, but I got in and restored my previous settings. I used this, btw. Thanks!
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  7. Posts : 14
    Windows 7 HP
       #17

    I'd like to know whether hiding (by using reg hack or other way if any, using win7 ultimate) the built-in admin account and creating two standard accounts, I'll still be prompted for administrator password without any problem when using anyone of them.
    It's just hidden, and enabled, it should be ok, I guess..
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  8. Posts : 3
    windows 7 home premium
       #18

    user account blank


    i did this and now my other account is blank during log in
    Bill2 said:
    manhunter,


    Home Premium does not include the Local Security Policy Manager so you'll need to do a registry modification to enable the classic logon.

    Click on start and type "regedit.exe" withot quotes into the search field, hit enter.

    Expand the registry key:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

    Double-click on “dontdisplaylastusername” in the right pane and then modify the value to “1″

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  9. Posts : 3
    windows 7 home premium
       #19

    user account blank


    i set my value to 1 and now my other account is blank
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  10. Posts : 1
    alex
       #20

    Now i make The built-in administrator account hide how can i Access it now ????
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