Colin
06-15-04, 02:25 PM
Last week we changed how people log into a WindowsXP OS, this week we're going to stop the OS from displaying the previous users account name. <BR><BR>We need to do some registry tweaking to disable that feature, so go to "Start" then "Run". From there type "Regedit" and press the "Ok" button. Follow this path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Policies System. Find the DWORD value "dontdisplaylastusername" and change its value to 1.<BR><BR>Once you reboot you'll notice that you have to enter your user name when logging into your computer. Very useful if you have nosy friends who like screw with your Windows OS (Steve D, I'm looking in your direction! =)).<BR><BR>This works with Windows 2000 as well as XP.