Hide a User on the Windows 8 Lock Screen

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   First, open the Run window

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   Press and hold the Windows key on the keyboard and then press the "R" key.

   

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   Type in "regedit"

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   This refers to the Registry Editor.

   

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   Click "OK" or hit the enter or return key

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   In the Registry Editor, double-click "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE"

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   Double-click "SOFTWARE"

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   Double-click "Microsoft"

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   Scroll down to find "Windows NT" and double-click it

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   Double-click "CurrentVersion"

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   Scroll down to find "Winlogon" and click it

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    Right-click on "Winlogon" and hover over "New"

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    Click "Key"

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    Type in the name "SpecialAccounts" and hit the enter key to finalize

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    Right-click "SpecialAccounts" and hover over "New"

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    Click "Key"

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    Type in the name "UserList" and hit the enter key to finalize

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    Right-click on "UserList" and hover over "New"

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    Click "DWORD (32-bit) Value"

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    Type in the name of the user that will be hidden from the lock screen

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    For example, "User 1", or "John" or "VisiHow", and so on. For this demonstration, we will hide "Guest".

    

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    Press the enter key to finalize

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    Now the Guest user won't be visible.

    

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    This concludes our tutorial on how to hide a user on the lock screen on Windows 8 computers

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