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Force Users to enter their name

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by aletha

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I am a network administrator and from time to time I must log on the users PC's with my username and password. When user logs in the following day my name will appear in Username box. How do you force a blank username box everytime a user login. I want to do this for Win2000/98 logins. Is this possible.

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by malcolm r

I have a .reg file which the value of HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\DefaultUserName to null. I keep it on a network share and just run it every time I log onto a user's PC. This clears my user ID from the User Name box so the user has to reenter his ID.

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by mcclamma

I have the same problem, but due to office politics I could but remove the last loged on user name. So I created a 2nd admin account that I only use to login to local workstations.

by don_c

this needs to be in Q&A section to get a better response : but if you enforce password history then you wouldn't have that second account

by don_c

I gave the wrong answer its in your Security Options you need to enable (Do not Display Last user Name in Logon Screen)sorry abou that

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