Re: Setting a default user NAME for the login screen but still password blank

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On 2 Nov, 19:21, "VanguardLH" <Vanguar...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> When I first bought our PC it had only the standard > "Administrator"
> user set up.

> This was fine for me, as I'm a software developer and comfortable
> with
> having admin rights.

> However, as our children got more interested in using the > computer,
> I
> found the "Content Advisor" in IE rather irritating, and I > thought
> (without any research) that if I set up a user account for the
> children I could set the "Content Advisor" ON for that account > and
> leave it OFF for ours (the adults).

> Sadly, IE's "Content Advisor" settings are not user-sensitive, so
> the
> idea of a separate account for them was irrelevant.

> However, the way the "Log On To Windows" box works now is subtly,
> but
> irritatingly different.

> Whereas before, when pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL to bring up the login > (I
> like that approach) the user name field would be pre-filled with
> "Administrator", and all I'd have to do is type in the password, > now
> the user name field is blank. I've looked at various options such > as
> TweakUI and control userpasswords2 but they don't quite do what I
> want.

> In brief, when pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL the window shows a "default"
> user
> name, but password must be filled in.

> Thoughts?

> Edward

So what is it that you want? Do you want the username (last used for
login) to be shown and only have the password field to be blank?

Yes.



Here's an equally obtuse reply:

Okay.

.

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