XP Pro problems please help

[tuanklam]

Hi everyone,
I have a minor problem with my XP pro and hope someone can help me.

Here is the problem:

I got a trojan virus. I search and delete it from my computer. After restarting my computer, the "Administrator" account magically appear on my welcome screen along with other users (accounts). The weird thing is I never set the "Administrator" account to be visible. Is there anything wrong with my computer? How can hide the "Administrator" account from the welcome screen? Please help me. Thanks in advance.

[ray007]

hope this helps

Open the registry tool, Start Run regedit. Go to hkey_local_machine, Software, Microsoft, Window NT, Current Version, Winlogon, SpecialAccounts, UserList.
From here you should see an option for Administrator, double click on it an change the SET VALUE =1 then click OK.

[tuanklam]

Originally Posted by ray007

hope this helps

Open the registry tool, Start Run regedit. Go to hkey_local_machine, Software, Microsoft, Window NT, Current Version, Winlogon, SpecialAccounts, UserList.
From here you should see an option for Administrator, double click on it an change the SET VALUE =1 then click OK.

Sorry but i don't see any option for Administrator. This is strange. What else can i do to make the Administrator account dissappear from the welcome screen.

[diablo7877]

Originally Posted by tuanklam

Sorry but i don't see any option for Administrator. This is strange. What else can i do to make the Administrator account dissappear from the welcome screen.

Try right clicking on "My Computer" and choosing "Manage." After that, you should see a User's category on the left, click that and there should be some option about the Administrator account available... I would find out exactly where to go for you, but I'm at work and all of these "management" tools are locked so us silly ignorant employees can't screw with it.

Hope that helps, and good luck!

[tuanklam]

Please tell me what to do next, to make the Administrator dissappear from the welcome screen. Thanks.

Originally Posted by diablo7877

Try right clicking on "My Computer" and choosing "Manage." After that, you should see a User's category on the left, click that and there should be some option about the Administrator account available... I would find out exactly where to go for you, but I'm at work and all of these "management" tools are locked so us silly ignorant employees can't screw with it.

Hope that helps, and good luck!

[sp_100]

Originally Posted by tuanklam

Sorry but i don't see any option for Administrator. This is strange. What else can i do to make the Administrator account dissappear from the welcome screen.

If you don’t see it, create it:

Right-click UserList -> New -> DWORD Value -> name it Administrator -> set the value to 0.

Good Luck!

[ANZAC_ELITE]

install tweakUI for XP then set it to not show admin on welcome screen

[tuanklam]

Thanks everyone for help.

I took the suggestion and creat the Administrator account in UserList and set it to zero. Now the Administrator account is gone from the welcome screen. Thanks everyone.

[sp_100]

Thanks for feedback!