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I accidentally made one of my accounts hidden (on windows xp)
well anyway how do i delete that account or change it back to where i can see it
if it helps, when i go into user accounts, in that hidden account, it says guest instead of limited account or administrative account like the rest...

PS i was following some idiot's instructions on how to download something( got the instructions online)


HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED

Answer 1

From Start, click Run, and type "regedit" and click OK. On the left side of the screen, double click on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Microsoft > Windows NT > CurrentVersion > Winlogon > Special Account > UserList. If you see the account name on the right side, double click it and change the value to 1. If you don't see it, click Edit, then New and click on DWORD Value. Rename it to exactly the name of your account (Capital Letters, Spaces, etc. all have to be the same.) Then double click it and change the value to 1.
I hope it helped. I use this method to hide some account by change the value to 0 and I think it should help.

Answer 2

Hiding or revealing user names in the Windows XP logon screen
Serdar Yegulalp
09.22.2004
Rating: -4.47- (out of 5)


The default Windows XP logon screen displays a selectable list of all the user accounts available on the system. Normally, all the accounts present (except for the Administrator account) are shown. This "friendly" XP interface was designed with home users in mind, where multiple users might share the same system and not need to have accounts hidden.

XP does support a method for hiding or revealing user accounts in the logon screen. Normally this method is used for concealing the built-in Administrator account (as well as other built-in system accounts such as the ASPNET account), which are not normally used. (To log in under the Administrator account in the first place, the system needs to be booted into Safe Mode anyway.)

A key in the Registry is used to describe which user names are hidden or revealed in the logon screen. Under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionWinlogonSpecialAccountsUserList is a series of DWORD keys. The name of each key is the name of an account to hide, and setting the value of the key to 0 hides it from view. To add a new name to the list, simply create a new DWORD value with the name of the user account to hide, and set the key to 0. The account can be unhidden by either deleting the key or setting its value to 1. (Don't unhide the special system accounts such as ASPNET.)

Another way to conceal logon names is to switch Windows XP's logon style to the vintage Windows 2000 look-and-feel, where the user must type in a username and password manually. This provides the best possible security for concealing user names. To do this, go to User Accounts in the Control Panel, select "Change the way users log on and off", and uncheck "Use the Welcome Screen". Also, the administrator can set a system option to prevent the last logged-in user's name from appearing in the logon dialog. Edit HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionWinlogon, add or change the DWORD value DontDisplayLastUserName, and set it to 1.

Answer 3

Have you tried going to start, open run and type in: c://program files and click on "ok". All your hidden files should open. I run Windows XP Pro.

Or go to start, search and type in the name of the file in the search box. Let your pc search for the file name. All files related to what you downloaded should show up on the monitor. Delete from top to bottom. If one file should say "being used", reboot and go back and delete. Should delete the second time.

Minddoctor, France

Answer 4

Have you checked out this route??
"Control Panel", "Administrative Tools", "Computer Management" expand it and locate "Users"
All should be displayed here and the current status of each user.
Hope this helps.
Paul G

Answer 5

Simply reboot in safe mode and login with the admin account and make your changes.