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Doltknuckle
Asked: 2010-06-05 08:18:02 +0800 CST

Skip new Windows 7 user selection and go to login prompt

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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

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Anyone have any ideas?

login windows-7 domain

4 Answers

  1. 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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  2. Go to control panel -> Users -> Change the way users log on/off -> then uncheck the option that says use the welcome screen. That should give you the old style login box.

    It's not quite as pretty as the "other user" option but it does save the extra mouse clicks.

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  3. The expected behavior is for your configuration - do not show last login - to work the way you're asking for it to, so something else is amiss. I've sometimes seen this behavior when there is a corrupted user profile entry in the registry. Look in HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList and see if you have any profile ID duplicates that end in .bak. If you do, delete the one without the .bak, and remove the .bak from the other one. Log off, and the login screen should be back to normal. If this isn't the issue, post back and we'll see what else could be the problem.

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  4. I ran into this same issue. Before I wasn't getting the extra user selection screen after pressing ctrl+alt+del. All of sudden I was most likely due to multiple domain users logging into my computer once.

    I resolved it my deleting all the other user profiles except for Default and my own domain user profile. I logged out and when I logged in again, locked, then hit ctrl+alt+del for an unlock I got the straight user login and not the user selection screen.

    1. Computer
    2. Right click, Properties
    3. Advanced system settings
    4. Settings... button for User Profiles
    5. Delete any profiles except for Default Profile and your domain profile
    6. Logout
    7. ctrl+alt+del to login
    8. After you login lock your screen
    9. ctrl+alt+del to unlock
    10. Notice you go straight to the login prompt instead of that user selection screen
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