So, you have several users on your PC at home – and all those accounts showing like zits on a teenager’s face on the logon screen. Well, you can get rid of them! The following tip works on Vista and W7.

• Press Ctrl+R and type in regedit and hit Enter
• Go to the following key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
• Right-click the free area on the right-hand-side window and add the key SpecialAccounts and then under that one UserList. The full path (well, technically the key) is now HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList
• Right-click in the empty area in the right-hand window and create a new DWord with the exact name of the account you want to hide. Repeat for all accounts you want hidden.

When you log off or reboot now, the unwanted accounts are hidden. To log on, press Ctrl+Alt+Del if you need to type in the account name. If you want to re-enable the click-and-drool-icon for one or more users, either delete the corresponding DWord or set the DWord value to 1.

Categories: Windows