Comments on: Vista requiring ctrl-alt-del before login

By: Ramsey

Ramsey — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:51:45 +0000

just put %systemroot%system32netplWiz.exe into a text file and name it AdvUserCtrl.bat then it is a bat file and you can run it from anywhere without opening anything.

By: robfarley

robfarley — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 02:02:42 +0000

Hmm… not sure about that one. I’ll try to find out for you.

Rob

By: nafisa

nafisa — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:16:07 +0000

i have a hidden user account in vista…and i cant login …in xp,after welcome screen,it shows teh adminstrator acoount but not my hidden one, so tehn i had to press alt+ctrl+del and then i coould login my account….is there any way in vista to do the same? like in xp,the adminstrator account and othera ccounts will be displayed without username required like it normally but only my hidden account,i want it to be so that i hav eto enter my username and password and no1 can know i even have an account…

By: instead of typing domain nameuser name

instead of typing domain nameuser name — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 06:57:33 +0000

instead of typing domain nameuser name i likes to use like a Win xp login screen

By: John

John — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:23:27 +0000

Ahh i found it in default domain group policy, what a pain.

By: John

John — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:25:48 +0000

How bout editing the ctrl alt del message like you could in previous versions. I know it can be done, as the people who set up our workstatiosn did it, but they made a typo and I need to correct it. Can’t seem to locate the msgina dll or equivilent on the local machine. we are running a very basic sbs server setup here, but im rather certain it’s a local machine setting still.

Any help? j.vincentadams@gmail.com

By: Shack's

Shack's — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:42:06 +0000

Ref post by Nothize… Your a god
It works fine thanks very much.
Just to clarify:
Run Reg Edit – locate “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE” – “Software” – “Microsoft” – “Windows” – “CurrentVersion” – “Policies” – “System” – “dontdisplaylastusername” and change this to “1”

By: nothize

nothize — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 21:13:37 +0000

Hail, I’ve met this problem too and eventually experienced a seemingly terminal approach.

RegEdit -> Locate key HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesSystem
-> change the value of “dontdisplaylastusername” to 1.

Then you won’t see the User Picture Icon thing but two textfields instead.

Thanks for all the ideas above!
For Vista Home, it’s not much the same as alunj said because there’s no “Advanced” thing under UAC! So those commands are still good to remember. 🙂

By: Shack's

Shack's — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:52:15 +0000

Hi all, I am new to this forum and would like to thank the people that have posted so far.
I have run the NetPlWiz.exe and it does allow Ctrl-Alt-Del log on but as Davey said in still brings up the icon log on screen instead of allowing you to fill in the username and password as before, which is what i want it to do.

By: Rob Farley

Rob Farley — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 04:47:49 +0000

Yes, I mentioned running NetPlWiz.exe.

I like “control userpasswords2” – that’s very cool.

Now, as for going back to the classic mode – I think so, but I’ll have to have a look.