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How to keep user name from disappearing?

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by millhouselives 1 view

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Version:Windows NT4.0 Workstation sp/6a
Version:Novell NT client for Windows NT 4.60

Logon name field will not keep user name, everytime user boots they have to re-type their name in user name field. Does anybody have any ideas? I have done somesearching on some help sites but have not found answer yet. I'm thinking it is connected to a registry setting but do not want to go there just without some solid info.

thank you,
Steve Holley

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by mgonzales

This was done through a poilcy file.. you can prevent the people who logged in from showing.....run the policy editor and take a look and see if this was enabled. Also if this workstation loggs into a domain it might be a domain policy (now if yourthe system administrator then look for the NTconfig file in the netlogon share the actual location is %systemroot\system32\relp\import\scripts you would also need this file to edit the policy.

Hope this helps....

Mike

by wayne b

The setting you need to change is in the Registry. Set Value Data = 0 in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
DontDisplayLastUserName

A value of 1 keeps the PC from displaying the last logged in users name. A value of 0 displayes the username.

by millhouselives

I received three answers, all were helpful, the first two headed me in the right direction so I could learn, but this one enabled me to fix the problem asap.

thanks,
steve

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