windows 7 - "other user" Showing up on Logon Screen
2013-11
Teknophilia
For the past few days, I've had a new icon on the logon screen. Apart from my admin account, I now have an account labeled "other user", with just a frame and no user icon. What could be causing this, and how can I get rid of it?
paradd0x
The Other User is an option for you to login as another account. If you have any other accounts installed in the system other than the main user, you will have that. If you use the built-in Administrator account, the Other User will show up. The only way to get rid of it is to disable any accounts other than your main account.
CT.
Right now when I turn on this user's laptop it boots up into Vista and displays a Welcome / logon screen. Here my choices are Administrator and User. Both are admin account types.
Two part question:
1) You can not delete the administrator account because the system uses it. Am I able to hide it from this welcome screen?
2) Would there be a way to disable this welcome / log on screen all together? In other words, set it up so that on boot, it just boots directly into User's Desktop?
Thanks
1) You can not delete the administrator account because the system uses it. Am I able to hide it from this welcome screen?
Hide Administrator from Welcome Screen in Vista
2) Would there be a way to disable this welcome / log on screen all together? In other words, set it up so that on boot, it just boots directly into User's Desktop?
click Start and type netplwiz in the Search field and then press Enter. Click Continue when the User Account Control window appears.
in the GUI window that comes up, uncheck the “Users must enter a username and password to use this computer” box
click ‘Apply’
in the new dialog box that opens type the name of the account you want to auto-logon by default (if the account is not normally passworded then it blank)
click OK and exit