SubscribeVista: Enable Administrator Account On Login Screen
Posted on Jan 13, 2008 under Registry Hacks |Is the Administrator account missing from the Windows welcome screen? Here is how to enable it in Windows Vista or Windows XP.
1. Hold down the Windows key and press R.
2. Type regedit and click OK.
3. Click the plus sign next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
then Software
then Microsoft
then Windows NT
then CurrentVersion
then Winlogon
then SpecialAccounts
then click UserList
4. Look for an entry on the right side for Administrator. If it doesn’t exist, you will need to create it. To do so, right-click on UserList and select New > DWORD Value. Give the value a name of Administrator. Press the Enter key when you are done.
5. Right-click the Administrator entry and click Modify.
6. Set the Value data to 1 and click OK.
7. Close the registry editor and restart the computer. The Administrator account should now be an option on the login screen.
by Malfun, on January 23 2008 @ 11:18 pm
Not so much a comment but a bit of a question. Tell me, do you press the windows key + R at the login screen or is this done once you have access to the machine itself? You can reply to me at “malefane_molapo@yahoo.com”.