Re: Clearing Last Logged On User

From: Eriq Neale (eon_at_eonconsulting.idonotwantspam.net)
Date: 02/16/05 

Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 19:19:41 GMT

On 2005-02-16 12:41:13 -0600, "Brian Bonewitz" <bkbonew@aogeotech.com> said:

> Is there a way to clear out the login box on a Windows XP PC so it
> doesn't show the last persons name that logged in?
>
> I have a "public" PC setup and have about 10 users who use it. I would
> like to clear out the last logged in name on the screen when they do a
> CTRL-ALT-DEL.
>
> Thanks for any information you can provide to help. We're using SBS 2003
>
> -Brian

Hey Brian.

You can do this through Group Policy, either on the single workstation,
or you can set if up in one of the domain policies. The setting you're
looking for is:

Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings ->
Local Policies -> Security Options -> Interactive Logon: Do not dispay
last user name.

HTH...

-Eriq 

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