How to hide User account in vista

[Rabbie]

Hello there,

I have vista home premium on my desktop. Is there any way to hide user account in vista?

Any suggestions are welcome.

[Dr. V]

To hide user account in windows vista follow these steps:

• Click the start logo.
• Open the Registry editor. You can do this by simply typing regedit in the search box in the start menu, or clicking Run and typing it into the Run dialog.
• Navigate to the following key:

  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

• Right-click the Winlogon key in the left-hand pane and select New -> Key. Name this new key SpecialAccounts.
• Right-click the new SpecialAccounts key in the left-hand pane and select New -> Key. Name this new key UserList. Select this key after it is created.
• With the UserList key selected, right-click in the Right-hand pane and select New -> DWORD (32-bit) Value.
• Name the new DWORD value the same as the account you want hidden. In my case, the name of the value was Administrator
• Make sure the value of this new DWord is set to zero (0) to hide the account. You could also set it to 1 to show the account if you so desired.

Next time you see the welcome screen any accounts you have listed there and set to 0 will not appear, but you can still login to them using runas, or any other login method.

[SalVatore]

Do not hide your only administrator account. Always leave one unhidden so you can make changes to Vista. If you did this by mistake, then boot into Safe Mode and unhide your Administrator account.

[jesse]

You can hide an user account in Vista as follows:

• Type lusrmgr.msc in Start Menu Search box and hit enter.
• Click Continue for the UAC prompt.
• In the left of opened “Local Users and Groups” window, click on Users.
• Now, in the right side pane, right click on the account (which you like to hide) and select Properties.
• Under the General tab, check the box named Account is disabled.
• Click Apply and then, OK.