Un-Hide User Accounts on the Windows Login Screen

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Muhammad Tasneem
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Un-Hide User Accounts on the Windows Login Screen

Post by Muhammad Tasneem »

Hi Fred,

I have got a call, that person uses "Hide Users" utility from https://obinshah.wordpress.com/2014/06/ ... in-screen/. He hide the two administrators accounts on Login Screen and leave the one standard account there. Now he can't un-hide the accounts, even the utility can't run because when he double click on it, the UAC appears but there is no YES button, he only press NO button. I saw on that page, one user also have the same problem but there is no answer.

I have tried the Ctrl-Alt-Del but there is no option to login in other user.
I have also tried to change the user status to administrator but UAC has same issue.

I don't have physical access on that laptop, I do remote support via TeamViewer because of current lock-down.
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Re: Un-Hide User Accounts on the Windows Login Screen

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Hi Muhammad.

If you can not get passed the UAC prompt, I guess you will not be able to run UVK or quick user manager either. I don't know whether Hide Users disables the accounts, or just removes the interactive login rights through LSA. The best option for you is try Offline NT Password & Registry Editor. This will allow you to re-enable the admin accounts if they have been disabled.

Otherwise, you can try the recovery console's command prompt, to create a new admin user account and re-enable the other admins from there. Or you can also try system restore from the recovery console as well.
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Muhammad Tasneem
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Re: Un-Hide User Accounts on the Windows Login Screen

Post by Muhammad Tasneem »

Thanks Fred,

I also forget to mention that the OS is Windows 10 Home edition, which already have many less option.

Will try your suggestions when have the access.
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Re: Un-Hide User Accounts on the Windows Login Screen

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Muhammad,

You can also use the Offline NT Password & Registry Editor to disable the interactive login, by using the provided registry editor.

Key:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Set the DisableCAD DWORD value to 0.

Key:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Delete the DisableCAD value.
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Re: Un-Hide User Accounts on the Windows Login Screen

Post by Xander »

This is one reason why I usually offer to set up my clients for remote support. In this instance, I'd still be able to use cmd lines in the background and use a Net User command here. I could use things like RegQuery/etc cmds as well if necessary. I'm lucky, though, that I bought into Screenconnect early as my pricing is grandfathered in now.
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