Skip new Windows 7 user selection and go to login prompt

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Apply following GPO's: Group Policy Management

Create or select the "Default Domain Policy", Edit

Once the 'Group Policy Management Editor' is opened, make 4 modifications

Computer Config - Policies - Window Settings - Security Options - 'Interactive Login: Do not display last user name' = Enable

Computer Config - Policies - Window Settings - Security Options - 'Interactive Login: Do not require Ctrl+Atl+Del' = Disable

Then

Computer Config - Policies - Administrative Templates - Logon - 'Hide entery points for Fast User Switching' - Enable

Computer Config - Policies - Administrative Templates - Logon - 'Always use classic logon' - Enabled - Enable

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Updated on September 17, 2022

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  • Doltknuckle
    Doltknuckle over 1 year

    We've begun our migration to windows 7 and we ran into an interesting issue. When we hit "CTRL+ALT+DEL" we are brought to the "User selection Screen". Normally, this screen will have an icon for every local user for the machine. These machines are Domain members with "Fast User Switch" disabled so no user names are listed only the "Other User" option. If you click "Other User" or hit enter, the system moves on to the normal login screen where it prompts for user name and password.

    Here's the issue: We want to find a way to skip over the part where a user selects "Other User". We essentially want the system to always assume that we always want "Other User" and to go directly to the login screen when a user hits "CTRL+ALT+DEL".

    What I find odd is that the "Other User" doesn't show up until we've had more than one domain user log in. Right after we re-image the machine, the login process goes directly to the user credential prompt.

    [EDIT]

    Security Policies set by Active Directory:

    • Interactive logon: Do not display last user name = Enabled
    • Interactive login: Do not require CTRL + ALT + DEL = Disabled

    [End Edit]

    Anyone have any ideas?

  • Doltknuckle
    Doltknuckle over 13 years
    I don't see the "Change the way users log on/off" option. This is a domain machine so I don't know if that makes a difference.
  • Doltknuckle
    Doltknuckle over 13 years
    I only have the "S-1-5-18" through "S-1-5-20" keys as well as the five (5) "S-1-5-21" user accounts on this machine. There are no duplicates or ".bak" keys.
  • Doltknuckle
    Doltknuckle over 13 years
    Does this change a registry setting? This option is set to "not configured" in Group Policy on the Domain. Getting that changed would require justifying it to the head of IT, which is a pain.
  • nhinkle
    nhinkle over 13 years
    Hm, odd. Do you have any custom credential providers registered? You might want to try exporting the HKLM\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon and HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies keys, then do a diff against the same export from a newly imaged machine, and see if there are any differences which might indicate what's being changed. Those two keys are where settings like hide last username, etc. are stored, so it could be something in there.
  • nhinkle
    nhinkle over 13 years
    Any luck finding any differences in those registry keys? Or any other solutions?
  • Doltknuckle
    Doltknuckle about 13 years
    The "Always use classic logon" only applies when the machine is not part of a domain if the description in gpedit is correct. These are Domain computers. Thanks for the suggestion though.
  • Falcon Momot
    Falcon Momot over 8 years
    Indeed, but this does not scale.