Windows 10 interactive logon - default usernames?
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Hi everyone, have been lurking for a while and you seem a friendly bunch. Maybe someone can help me overcome my stupidity and fix this?
I bought a second hand laptop from ebay with a new windows 10 install on it. I was fiddling with it last week and turned on the "interactive logon" feature. This means that when it boots up, the logon screen doesn't show me any if the available users. Instead of selecting them from a drop-down I have to type in the username and password to get into windows.
A week has gone by, and I just turned the thing on again. I can't remember any of the default users to type in the box. FFS! To be clear, I haven't changed any user details or added any passwords, just made them kind-of invisible. I recall there being two user profiles, one was administrator and the other was user or something...
Can anyone tell me exactly what the default logon IDs are so I can get back into windows and turn this stupid feature off again?
This walkthrough details exactly what I have done if it helps:
1. Open Start and type Secpol.msc or go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Local Security Policy. Click on Local Policies > Security Options.
2. Double click on “Interactive logon: Do not display last user name” in the right hand pane. Select Enabled and press OK.
Taken from halfway down this link:
https://www.raymond.cc/blog/hide-user-accounts-fro...
I bought a second hand laptop from ebay with a new windows 10 install on it. I was fiddling with it last week and turned on the "interactive logon" feature. This means that when it boots up, the logon screen doesn't show me any if the available users. Instead of selecting them from a drop-down I have to type in the username and password to get into windows.
A week has gone by, and I just turned the thing on again. I can't remember any of the default users to type in the box. FFS! To be clear, I haven't changed any user details or added any passwords, just made them kind-of invisible. I recall there being two user profiles, one was administrator and the other was user or something...
Can anyone tell me exactly what the default logon IDs are so I can get back into windows and turn this stupid feature off again?
This walkthrough details exactly what I have done if it helps:
1. Open Start and type Secpol.msc or go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Local Security Policy. Click on Local Policies > Security Options.
2. Double click on “Interactive logon: Do not display last user name” in the right hand pane. Select Enabled and press OK.
Taken from halfway down this link:
https://www.raymond.cc/blog/hide-user-accounts-fro...
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