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Administrator only?
05-07-2008 2:17 PM
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Is it possible to delete a normal user from XP and literally only have an admin user?
Reason I ask is that I want to setup a XP OS in VMWare and only use it to host apache and a few other services. Nothing that a normal user could ever need to access.
Any ideas?
Re: Administrator only?
05-07-2008 2:50 PM
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Re: Administrator only?
05-07-2008 11:35 PM
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Re: Administrator only?
06-07-2008 4:21 PM
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Quote from: samuria The only slight problem with doing this is if the profile get corrupted then you cant fix it as there is no other users to login as. As long as you know the risks that may be acceptable
To me that isn't a problem since I'll install a service to back up all files accross the network anyway.
My main gripe is HOW do I delete the only normal user account? - IE so the login screen doesn't show any users?
I just want a system that boots up and runs its services. No need for any users to log in except for admin very rarely.
If I got into the users module in the control panel it won't allow me to delete the user.
Basically it will be a VMWare system which will require minimal interaction with. I don't want to give it any user accounts incase people start guessing the passwords etc. For the admin account I have one very long favourite password which with brute force would take years to crack.
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06-07-2008 4:34 PM
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How can I stop any identities being displayed?
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06-07-2008 6:32 PM
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Found a tip on the internet for a registry hack
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06-07-2008 11:55 PM
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Depending on the service you may not need to login anyway as a lot of services start without a user logging in
Re: Administrator only?
08-07-2008 12:48 AM
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I just didn't want any account/usernames displayed on the login screen. When I deleted the only normal user it then displayed 'Administrator' on the main login screen - Not something I wanted! The answer was a registry hack!
userpasswords2 was an unrecognised command at the prompt!
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08-07-2008 8:07 AM
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Quote from: okrzynska Done it!
Found a tip on the internet for a registry hack
can you post the link so that others can benefit?
I'd certainly like to know
paul
Re: Administrator only?
08-07-2008 12:13 PM
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http://www.petri.co.il/hide_a_user_from_the_welcome_screen_in_windows_xp.htm
I didn't even have to reboot either - Just logged off and the only remaining user (Administrator) no longer showed up on the login screen!
Re: Administrator only?
08-07-2008 2:29 PM
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control userpasswords2
not userpasswords2
Re: Administrator only?
08-07-2008 6:25 PM
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Thanks any way mate!
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08-07-2008 8:12 PM
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08-07-2008 11:36 PM
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With only the admin (with a password set) what else would the system show instead of a login screen?
Re: Administrator only?
09-07-2008 7:39 AM
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"Press CTRL+ALT+DEL" to login box which you get by pressing it twice on the standard Welcome Screen.
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