How to hide user account from the Windows XP welcome screen?

It shows how to hide user account from the Windows XP welcome screen using registry.

Keywords: registry, regedit, User Account, Logo, settings.

Steps to hide user account from the Win XP welcome screen

Step 1: Click Start button and type regedit in RUN option and continue.

Step 2: Then locate: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\

Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList

Step 3: Right click on the right side panel and create a new DWORD Value with the name of account to be hidden - the name matches the users name exactly.

Step 4: Then change the change the value to 0 (hide) and change to 1 (show).

 

Step 5: Now restart your system for the changes to take place.

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To disable the ability to click on My Computer using registry

It shows how to disable the ability to click on My Computer using registry

Keywords: MyComputer, registry, regedit

Step to disable the ability to click on My Computer

Step 1: Click on Start button and type regedit in RUN option and continue.

Step 2: Then search the location: 20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D (ctrl+F to find) (you will find this value on path HKey_Classes_Root \ CLSID section.)

Step 4: Now delete the entire section of this value.

Step 5: Now restart your system for the changes to take place.