Logon Name not remembered

[Fred]

My IT dept. just installed XP Pro on my machine. Previously I had Win 2K
Pro. When I go to logon I have to type in my user name each time where with
Win 2K Pro it would remember my user name and pre fill it in the field and
all I would need to type in would be my password. When I look at the
registry it shows my user name and domain name correctly in the Winlogon
registry key. Is there some mod I can do to get XP Pro to remember and
prefill my user name at the logon screen?

Thanks,
Fred

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

My IT dept. just installed XP Pro on my machine. Previously I had Win
2K Pro. When I go to logon I have to type in my user name each time
where with Win 2K Pro it would remember my user name and pre fill it
in the field and all I would need to type in would be my password.
When I look at the registry it shows my user name and domain name
correctly in the Winlogon registry key. Is there some mod I can do to
get XP Pro to remember and prefill my user name at the logon screen?

Start | Run, type "control userpasswords2" Select the account you want to
logon to automatically. Then uncheck the box "Users must enter a user name
and password to use this computer."

Or do the same thing with TweakUI.

 

[Fred]

Start | Run, type "control userpasswords2" Select the account you want to
logon to automatically. Then uncheck the box "Users must enter a user name
and password to use this computer."

Or do the same thing with TweakUI.

Thanks Ken, but I don't think I was clear in what I was wanting to do. I
don't want to logon automatically I just want my user name to be in that
field after I press Ctrl+Alt+Del and get the classic logon window where you
input the user name, password, and domain.

I have discovered the answer to my question in the meantime. The solution
was to navigate to this registry key:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]

Then change the value of the "DontDisplayLastUserName" key from 1 (don't
display name) to 0 (display name.

I still have to type in my password which is okay as I want that security
but now my user name is already filled in.

Thanks again for your quick response.

 

[Guest]

Start > Run > Regedit

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

KeyName: DontDisplayLastUserName

Value: 0

Start | Run, type "control userpasswords2" Select the account you want to
logon to automatically. Then uncheck the box "Users must enter a user name
and password to use this computer."

Or do the same thing with TweakUI.

Thanks Ken, but I don't think I was clear in what I was wanting to do. I
don't want to logon automatically I just want my user name to be in that
field after I press Ctrl+Alt+Del and get the classic logon window where you
input the user name, password, and domain.

I have discovered the answer to my question in the meantime. The solution
was to navigate to this registry key:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]

Then change the value of the "DontDisplayLastUserName" key from 1 (don't
display name) to 0 (display name.

I still have to type in my password which is okay as I want that security
but now my user name is already filled in.

Thanks again for your quick response.