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Windows 7 hidden account

Fresh5 days ago
Mar 15, 202646785 views
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Problem

I hid one of the accounts on my computer from the welcome screen by adding it to the registry key: I was hoping I'd be able to log in to this account by hitting Ctrl+Alt+Del on the welcome screen, but Windows 7 completely ignores this. Is there a way to login to the hidden account on a Windows 7 ma…

Error Output

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList

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Fix for: Windows 7 hidden account

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I made the same mistake (on windows 7), because there are quite a lot of articles which say that using this hack it is possible to hide a user from the login screen (while still being able to log-in using Ctrl-Alt-Delete). I my case I hid the only a…

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