Hide user but keep enabled for UAC

Posted: 12-01-2007, 04:07 AM
Greetings all,

I have an admin account that I would like to hide from the welcome screen.
I followed the registry tweak described here:
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/94...ount-hide.html

Unfortunately when I did this, it hid the admin account from UAC too - that
made it a REAL pain to undo, because regedit wouldn't work, and runas wouldnt
launch it either. I had to download "elevate" to launch it via runas. Very
scary - I almost had to reinstall!

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Tahnks
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Re: Hide user but keep enabled for UAC
Posted: 12-01-2007, 08:45 AM

Mevi;530889 Wrote:
> Greetings all
>
> I have an admin account that I would like to hide from the welcom
> screen
> I followed the registry tweak described here
> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/94...count-hide.htm
>
> Unfortunately when I did this, it hid the admin account from UAC too
> tha
> made it a REAL pain to undo, because regedit wouldn't work, and runa
> wouldn
> launch it either. I had to download "elevate" to launch it via runas
> Ver
> scary - I almost had to reinstall
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated
>
> Tahnk
Hi Mevi

I updated the tutorial for this. You will need to boot into Safe Mod
and then you will be able to unhide the Administrator account in th
registry. This tutorial will show you how to get into Safe Mode. Jus
select it

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/88...ot-options.htm

Shaw

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Re: Hide user but keep enabled for UAC
Posted: 12-01-2007, 08:59 PM
Thanks for the response. As I mentioned, I was able to use the .NET tool
someone posted called "elevate" to do it without rebooting into safe mode.
It sounds like there is no way to hide all the "admin" accounts from the
welcome screen? The reason I ask is because I am using my machines as a
"user" account, understanding that UAC should take care of all my 'admin'
needs. Unfortunately, Having 2 "me"s show up at the welcome screen is just
a tad bit annoying

Thanks!

"brink" wrote:
>
> Mevi;530889 Wrote:
> > Greetings all,
> >
> > I have an admin account that I would like to hide from the welcome
> > screen.
> > I followed the registry tweak described here:
> > http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/94...ount-hide.html
> >
> > Unfortunately when I did this, it hid the admin account from UAC too -
> > that
> > made it a REAL pain to undo, because regedit wouldn't work, and runas
> > wouldnt
> > launch it either. I had to download "elevate" to launch it via runas.
> > Very
> > scary - I almost had to reinstall!
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Tahnks
>
> Hi Mevi,
>
> I updated the tutorial for this. You will need to boot into Safe Mode
> and then you will be able to unhide the Administrator account in the
> registry. This tutorial will show you how to get into Safe Mode. Just
> select it.
>
> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/88...t-options.html
>
> Shawn
>
>
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> brink
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> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
> WWW.VISTAX64.COM (\"HTTP://WWW.VISTAX64.COM\")
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