Thursday, November 5, 2009

How to Hide an User from the Login Screen in Windows XP

  1. Login to your computer system with a admin account so that you can access the administrative privilege or any other which has the admin privileges
  2. Open the Registry, to do so Click Start -> Run -> Regedit -> Ok
  3. Navigate to subsequent locations: #HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version\WinLogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList
  4. Now, You would find that UserList is selected Right Click on the UserList file and choose NEW, and then choose DWORD value.
  5. Give that new key the exact same name as the User Account that you want to get rid of from the Xp Welcome Screen (Logon Screen), for example MrXp in our case
  6. Double-click on the key you have just created (i.e MrXp) and provide it a value of O (Zero)
  7. You can take this to your reference
  8. Do not show this user account on the Windows XP Welcome Screen)
  9. Show this user account on the Windows XP Welcome Screen)
  10. Close the Registry Editor and Restart Your Computer and You are Done

How to Login to the Hidden Administrator Account

Did you know about the hidden administrator account in Window XP? Have you needed administrative privileges but you just can't get any? Are you wondering how to get into the hidden administrative account? Well if you are, read on!
  1. To do this extremely easy feat, the last accessed account must be logged off, or the computer must have just been turned on.
  2. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del twice to bring up the classic logon screen. Where it says 'User name, type 'Administrator'. Leave the password field blank.
  3. Press enter.

How to Make Windows XP Look Like Windows 98

  1. Turn on your computer if you have not already.
  2. Right click on your desktop.
  3. Switch it to windows classic theme.
  4. Switch the color to a greenish color.
  5. Go to advanced and switch the the color scheme to windows classic.
  6. Windows Classic
  7. Right click on your taskbar and click properties and then click start menu and switch it to classic start menu.