Re: Clear User Name Field when Unlocking PC

Good catch. I was thinking XP Pro Local Security Policy since this is an XP
Pro newsgroup.

Steve



"WiZEGUY" <WiZEGUY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Seree... you were right! There is an option in the security setting to
not
display last logon name. It's under:

Interactive logon: Display user information when the session is locked
Security setting: Do not display user information

Interactive logon: Do not display last user name
Security setting: Enabled

Thanks so much!

"seree" wrote:

There is a way to clear the Last User to Log On. Local Security Settings
contains a policy that you might want to enable if you don't use the
welcome
screen. Ordinarily, the name of the last user who logged on appears in
the
User Name box of the Log On To Windows dialog box. On a system that's
used
primarily by a single user, this is a convenient freature that allows the
user to log on again without typing his or her name each time. But it's
also
a bit of a security hole, because anyone can learn a valid user name just
by
looking at this dialog box. If you're using Windows XP Professionnal, you
can
prevent the last used name from apprearing by typing 'secpol.msc'
(without
the quotes) at a command prompt to open Local Security Settings. In Local
Security Settings open Local Policies\Secuity Option. Then enable the
policy
named Interactive Logon: Do Not Display Last User Name.

Source: Windows XP-Inside Out, by Microsoft Press and co-authored by: Ed
Bott, Carl Siechert, and Craig Stinson

Hope this helps, good luck and have a nice day, Seree
--
seree


"WiZEGUY" wrote:



"Steven L Umbach" wrote:

There is nothing in security settings to do that and I have never
head of a
registry settings to do that. Why do you need the field to be blank?

Steve


"WiZEGUY" <WiZEGUY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Does anyone know how to clear the user name field when your using
the
ctrl+alt+del to unlock a computer that was manually locked? To be
more
specific, let's say you come to a computer that has been manually
locked
and
to unlock it you hit ctrl+alt+del, and immediately it shows the
user that
locked it in the user name field. I need that field be blank.
It's most
likely in the security settings or registry but i don't know where
to look
for that option.

Your help is much appreciated!



i need the field to be blank because we have servers spread all over
the US
in headends and we don't want any techs to try and hack into our
system. It
would be more difficult to guess the user name along with the password.


.

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