Is there any way to hide a user account from the User Accounts panel without
disabling the account? For example, I am administrator so I can view all the
user accounts in the user accounts section of the control panel but is there
any way for me to hide one of those user accounts so it doesn't appear but
they can still log on?

Jake wrote:

> Is there any way to hide a user account from the User Accounts panel
> without disabling the account? For example, I am administrator so I can
> view all the user accounts in the user accounts section of the control
> panel but is there any way for me to hide one of those user accounts so it
> doesn't appear but they can still log on?

Use the classic logon box and set it to not display the last user's name.

Start>Run>regedit [enter]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\System]
"DontDisplayLastUserName"=dword:00000001

Always be careful when working in the registry.

Malke
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>
> Use the classic logon box and set it to not display the last user's name.
>
> Start>Run>regedit [enter]
>
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\System]
> "DontDisplayLastUserName"=dword:00000001
>
> Always be careful when working in the registry.
>


Thanks for the reply but I don't mean from the start menu, I mean from the
User Accounts box in control panel. Also is there a way to make it so only
YOU can change YOUR own password not anyone else, not even other Admins?
>

Jake wrote:

>>Use the classic logon box and set it to not display the last user's name.
>>
>>Start>Run>regedit [enter]
>>
>>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\System]
>>"DontDisplayLastUserName"=dword:00000001
>>
>>Always be careful when working in the registry.
>>
>
>
>
> Thanks for the reply but I don't mean from the start menu, I mean from the
> User Accounts box in control panel. Also is there a way to make it so only
> YOU can change YOUR own password not anyone else, not even other Admins?
>

Admin is short for Administrator, and if it is a Local Administrator,
well that IS the purpose of the Account.