This article will show you how to hide account user from the welcome screen in Windows 10 / 8.1 / 7. As an example, we will try to hide the ‘site’ user:

Hiding a user account

A warning! Make sure there are other administrators on the system before hiding the administrator account. If you hide the account of the only administrator (or all administrators) in the following way, you will no longer be able to access to write values ​​to the registry. Accordingly, you will not be able to return the hidden administrative account to the welcome screen. In this case, to solve the problem, you will need to edit the registry using an offline editor.

1 Click Win + R.

2 Enter cmd.

3 Press Enter or OK:

4 Enter the command net users.

5 Click Enter.

6 Copy Name the account to hide. (how to copy data from command line)

Please be aware that Name and Full name Are two different things. In this case, we need to know Name user (in English terminology - Name).

7 Press Win + R.

8 Enter regedit.

9 Press Enter or OK:

10 Find the section

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

11 Create a partition SpecialAccounts:

12 In section SpecialAccounts similarly create a section UserList:

You should get the following path:

HKLM \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ Winlogon \ SpecialAccounts \ UserList

13 In section UserList create a new DWORD parameter (32 bits):

14 For the parameter name, enter the name of the account you want to hide from the welcome screen. (In our example, we will hide the ‘site’ user. Therefore, we give the same name to the DWORD parameter).

Leave the value at 0 to hide the user from the welcome screen.

Restart your computer to check the result. As you can see in the picture, the specified user has been hidden from the welcome screen:

How to use a hidden account

The hidden account remains active, but it is impossible to enter it from the welcome screen (in other words, console access is not possible). You can enter a hidden account using a remote desktop. Also, on behalf of a hidden account, you can run any applications and applets. To do this, log in with a different account and use the runas / user syntax:<имя> <приложение> ().

There is one more thing. When starting operations that require promotion from a simple user account, the UAC system prompts you to enter the password for the existing administrator account. If the account of the only administrator on the computer was hidden in the above way, then it will be impossible to enter his password.

This is how a promotion request looks when there are no active and not hidden administrator accounts in the system:

As you can see in the picture, there is no password field and there is nowhere to enter the password. Button Yes inactive.

Therefore, as we warned at the beginning of the article, if you have hidden all administrators in the system, then you will have to.

How to return a hidden user to the welcome screen

If in the future you need to re-display the hidden user account on the welcome screen, you have two ways to do this:

1. Change the parameter value from "0" to "1":

2. Remove the parameter with the name of the corresponding account from the registry:

If you can't make changes to the registry, read the article.

1. In Windows 7. The "Change User" item is no longer available?
   The problem is solved using the Group Policy settings:
   go to gpedit.msc, select:
   Politics local computer-> Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> System Login
   the parameter "Hide access points for fast user switching" is forced to "Disable".
2. How to enable super administrator in Windows 7?
   For security reasons, the Administrator is disabled by default in Windows 7, therefore, in order to enable it, you must do the following: The first way
   Run lusrmgr.msc
   Local users and groups -> Users -> Administrator, Select "Properties"
   In the "General" tab, uncheck "Disable account". Apply. OK. Second way
   Through the command line, run as Administrator
   net user Administrator / active: yes The third way
   By running secpol.msc
   Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Settings -> Accounts: Account Status "Administrator", Select "Properties", Enable.

   Important!!! Remember to set a password for security purposes.

   Log in to the Administrator in the standard way and set a password in the user settings.
   or via command line
   net user Administrator password

3. How to hide administrator account in Windows 7?
   In order not to disable but simply hide the Administrator account in Windows 7,
   it is necessary to create a branch through the registry editor regedit:
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ Winlogon \ SpecialAccounts \ UserList
   add an Administrator DWORD parameter with a value of 0.
4. The "Run" button is not displayed in the start, how to enable it?
   If you do not have the Run button displayed, you must enable it by right-clicking on the properties on the Start panel.
   Select the Start Menu tab -> Settings -> Run command, check the box. The Run command can also be accessed using the Win + R hotkeys.
5. (product key) installed Windows 7?
   Due to the protection of the product key, by means of windows You cannot see it in full, but only partially. To do this, you need to run the slmgr.vbs / dlv command
   Shows the last five digits of the key. To view the complete product code, you can use the programs EVEREST or aida64, as well as ProdKey.

P.S: You can also find out the product key using the Windows.8.Product.Key.Viewer program, it shows the keys even in Windows 7 and XP

At Windows installation 10, the system asks you to create and configure a user account, or rather, a local administrator. However, during the installation of the system in hidden mode, another administrator account is automatically created with higher privileges and access rights. In particular, it is not subject to the action of the UAC mechanism, therefore, all applications launched with the rights of the "global" administrator are executed bypassing this security system.

The hidden administrator account can be used to install drivers, unsigned programs, and perform various settings that require elevated access rights. Nevertheless, it is recommended to resort to it only in extreme cases, and after performing the necessary actions, be sure to turn it off. There are three main ways to enable a hidden administrator account: through the command line, through the local policy editor, and using the Local Users and Groups snap-in. Let's consider them in order.

Enabling a hidden Administrator account via the command line

The first method is the easiest and most convenient. Open a command prompt as administrator (the Windows Command List (Windows CMD) will also be useful to you) and run the command in it:

net user Administrator / active: yes

If suddenly you receive the message "Username not found", then the hidden admin is renamed or you are using the English version of Windows (the message will be in English). In this case, specify the name of the admin by immediately executing the command

By default, the hidden administrator account does not have a password, so we strongly recommend that you set it using the command

net user Administrator password

having previously replaced "password" with your password.

Enabling the hidden Administrator account through the Local Group Policy Editor

With the Local Group Policy Editor, it's just as easy, except for a little longer. Open it with the command gpedit.msc(right click on the Start menu - Run) and go to the chain Computer Configuration -> Windows Configuration -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Settings, in the right part of the window find the option "Accounts. Account Status "Administrator" and enable it.

Enabling the hidden Administrator account through the Local Users and Groups snap-in

It will take approximately the same amount of time to enable the administrator account through the Local Users and Groups snap-in. Open it with the command lusrmgr.msc(right click on the Start menu - Run), expand the "Users" section, on the right side find the "Administrator" entry and double-click on it, uncheck the "Disable account" checkbox in the window that opens and save the changes.

Whichever of these three methods you choose, the hidden administrator account will become available on the login screen. This account is disabled in the same way by replacing yes to no in the first command. In general, the simplest and easiest way is to disable it from the same CMD console (command line) by executing one single command in it

net user administrator / active: no

How to enable the built-in Administrator account when Windows 10 cannot be logged in

And the last possible option is that logging into Windows 10 is impossible for one reason or another and you need to activate the Administrator account in order to take corrective action (see also Windows 10 How to remove built-in applications and How to speed up Windows 10). If you remember your account password, but for some reason you do not log into Windows 10 (for example, after entering the password, the computer freezes). In this case, a possible way to solve the problem will be as follows:

1. On the login screen, click the Power button shown at the bottom right, then hold Shift and click Restart.
2. Windows Recovery Environment will load. Go to "Troubleshooting" - "Advanced Options" - "Command Prompt".
3. You will need to enter your account password to run the command line.
4. This time the login should work (if the password you remember is correct).
5. After that, use the first method in this article to enable a hidden account.
6. Close Command Prompt and restart your computer (or click Continue. Quit and use Windows 10).

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Remember: such an account is not blocked because of the whim of the developers, but for your own good and safe work on the computer. Working with full administrator rights, there is a higher likelihood of picking up viruses or something irreparably disrupting the system. Therefore, even professionals are advised to enable the administrator account only to solve a specific problem or perform a specific action, after completing the work, switching back to the regular user account - the computer will be more intact, and your nerves, and money that will not have to be paid for repairs. You will be interested in How to reset Windows 10 to factory settings and disable Windows 10 "spy" features.

Be careful when using Windows 10 and your device will repay you with good, fast performance!

In one of the recent articles about I already talked about the fact that in Windows XP the organization of this very common access to folders and disks of a computer is performed at the user level. Those. on the computer on which we share a folder - it is necessary to create accounts for all users who will access this folder from their workplaces.

Let's say I shared a folder on one of the computers in an organization that three different employees need access to. I create accounts of these employees on the same computer (for example, Olga, Natalia, Svetlana ).
As a result, after turning on the computer, I see the start window, where all these accounts are displayed:
Because I log into the system on this computer only under the account Admin , and other of the established users are unlikely to ever sit down at this machine, then I do not need to see all the accounting every time I turn it on. You can hide them in the following ways:

1 way. Go to "Start" - "Control Panel" - "User Accounts". Click on the line “Change user login to the system” - in the window that opens, uncheck the box “Use the welcome page”:
As a result, when you turn on the computer after booting the system, will appear. But in it you will have to enter the username and password yourself:

Method 2. Because I would like the user Admin was still displayed on the start page, then the method described above does not work. In this case, you can do this: we do all other accounts except Admin - hidden. To do this, go to the registry editor ("Start" - "Run" - regedit).

Opening a branch HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ WindowsNT \ CurrentVersion \ Winlogon \ SpecialAccounts \ UserList .

In the right column, click on an empty space with the right mouse button - select "New" - "DWORD Parameter": As the name of the parameter, enter Username to hide (for example, Svetlana ). Parameter values ​​can be: 1 - the user will be visible; 0 - the user will not be visible... We put value 0 :I create three such parameters here ( Svetlana, Olga, Natalia ):
After that, you can restart your computer - you will no longer see the hidden accounts in the welcome window.

Be aware that with this method of hiding users, they will not be displayed even if you go to "Start" - "Control Panel" - "User Accounts". In this case, it will be possible to manage the accounts through the “Computer Management” - “Local Users and Groups” - “Users” console (right-click on the “My Computer” - “Management” icon).

By the way, if you suddenly want to log into the system as a hidden user, then just double-press the key combination Ctrl + Alt + Del on the welcome page. It will open in Windows, where you can enter your username and password.

Method 3. Can be customized. Those. after turning on the computer, the specified account will be automatically loaded without requiring a username and password. But in my case, it is undesirable to use this method, because then it turns out that any user who turns on the computer will be able to log in and work under my administrator account.

Thus, the second method described in the article is the most optimal in my situation. But it will not be superfluous to know other options for solving a similar problem.

Windows 8 (as well as Windows XP and Windows 7) by default displays a list of all local computer accounts on the welcome screen (logon screen). To log in to the system, the user must select the desired account and enter its password. With a large number of local users, the login screen turns into a Christmas tree. It is not very convenient and, in part, not very secure (administrative / service accounts are disclosed). In such cases, it would be convenient hide unnecessary user accounts from the Windows welcome screen.

The ability to hide accounts of certain users from the user list on the login screen is available in all Windows versions... This feature is implemented through a small registry tweak. Thanks to this feature, you can hide service accounts (created for the operation of third-party services and applications), or the system administrator account, having achieved that the computer and desktop are loaded under a user account, and the PC operator does not need to select the account he needs every time on the welcome screen. In the latter case, if necessary, you can elevate privileges using RunAs, specifying the administrator name and password.

First of all, you need to determine the list of accounts in the system. You can display a list of all users with the command:

Net users

Or in the Computer Management Console interface compmgmt.msc (Computer Management -> System Tools -> Local Users and Groups-> Users).

Copy the name of the account that we want to hide to the clipboard. Let's say in our case it will be User1.

Advice... We are interested in the account name displayed in the Name column, not the Full Name that appears on the login screen.

Open the registry editor (regedit.exe) and go to the branch HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ Winlogon ... Let's create a new branch in it with the name SpecialAccounts, in which, in turn, create a branch named UserList.

In the created UserList branch (we got this path: HKLM \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ Winlogon \ SpecialAccounts \ UserList) create a new parameter with the name DWORD, as the name of which you need to specify the name of the user account that you want to hide (the default value of the parameter is 0, which does not need to be changed).

• 0 - Hide user from Welcome Screen list
• 1 - Show user in the Welcome Screen list

In our example, we will create a DWORD parameter named User1 and value 0.

Restart your computer and if you did everything correctly, the User1 account icon on the login screen will not be displayed.

It should be borne in mind that along with hiding the account in the welcome window, it will be hidden in the Control Panel \ All Control Panel Items \ User Accounts applet. You can manage hidden accounts using the Local Users and Groups snap-in (lusrmgr.msc) or using the standard console: control userpasswords2

To re-display the account on the Windows 8 logon screen, simply delete the DWORD value created according to this instruction (or set it to 1).