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

On 5 Nov, 20:07, "VanguardLH" <Vanguar...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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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:

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I've just re-read my original post and I can see that I made a rather
dumb boo-boo. I missed the word "not" out of the final sentence,
which should have read:

In brief, when pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL the window shows a "default" user
name, but password must NOT be filled in.

I didn't think my reply was obtuse - merely pithy. It did actually
answer the question you posed:

"Do you want the username (last used for login) to be shown and only
have the password field to be blank? "

The real question is - do you know the answer and, if so, are you
willing to share it - not just with me, but with the whole of usenet?

Thanks in case you do!

Edward

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