Tweak Library – Specify the default username for the Windows login.

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Specify the default username for the Windows login.

You can specify a default username that should be displayed with the next Windows login.

Tweak for : Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 2000

Description:

You can specify a default username that should be displayed with the next Windows login.

If you have a default username specified, you won't enter the username at the login process. You just have to enter your password.

For this go to "Start->Run" and enter "regedit" and search the key listed below. You can create one string value "DefaultUserName", if this value is not existing.

Now you can set this value to set the default username. After a restart or logoff the changes take effect.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

DefaultUserName

Data Type :

REG_SZ (String Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

new username

Value Action :

Modified

Steps ScreenShots:

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

The default username is specified that should be displayed with the next Windows login, after the changes have been made in the registry.

The default username to be displayed with the next Windows login is "Administrator".

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Second, go to the [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon] key, right-click on the "DefaultUserName" String value and click on "Modify".

Finally, enter the "User Defined Value" that should be displayed in the next Windows login in the text box and click on 'OK'.