XP: 5 Windows Logon Registry Hacks

Contributed by William_Wilson February 15, 2006  
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1) Add/Remove Welcome Screen 2) Add Administrator account to logon 3) Display classic or Welcome logon screen 4) Modify text on classic logon screen 5) disable logon screensaver

*NOTE* These modifications change values in your registry (regedit), if you do not know what this is, or do not feel comfortable with doing so, these modifications are not for you.

These will all require regedit to be open:
start\run
type: ‘regedit‘

Display or Remove Welcome Screen on Windows logon:
open key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\ CurrentVersion\Winlogon
add String Value key: Welcome
-a value of 1 enables this feature, 0 disables
*Requires reboot

Add the administrator account to logon
open key: HKEY_LOCALMACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList
add String Value key: Administrator
-a value of 1 enables this feature, a value of 0 disables
*Requires reboot

Display Classic or Welcome Screen
open key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\ CurrentVersion\Winlogon
modify key: LogonType
-a value of 0 displays classic logon, a value of 1 displays the welcome screen
*Requires reboot

Modify logon box of ‘CLASSIC’ style only
open key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\ CurrentVersion\Winlogon
add/modify String key: LogonPrompt
-set Value to any String you wish to be displayed

Disable Logon Screensaver
*Does not apply after you are logged on
open key: HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop
modify key: ScreenSaveActive
-0 disables this feature, 1 enables

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-William. § (marvin_gohan)