- Switch User: remove on boot welcome screen?

Hi,
I'd like to fully remove the Switch User button appearing at boot
time.
All the solutions I've seen on the net regarding the policies to
disable the fast user switch work only once you lock your session.
It's fine, the switch user button is not there anymore.
But when you boot your PC, it's there. I don't want anybody else
to be able to login.

Mainly, if you're connected to an Active Directory, anybody could
login and this will automatically create a new profile. That's what I
want to avoid.

Thanks for any help
Steve

Sincerely,
Steve JORDI
M.Sc. in Geophysics

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On Mon, 25 Nov 2013 11:39:18 +0100, Steve JORDI wrote:

Hi,
I'd like to fully remove the Switch User button appearing at boot
time.
All the solutions I've seen on the net regarding the policies to
disable the fast user switch work only once you lock your session.
It's fine, the switch user button is not there anymore.
But when you boot your PC, it's there. I don't want anybody else
to be able to login.

Mainly, if you're connected to an Active Directory, anybody could
login and this will automatically create a new profile. That's what I
want to avoid.

Thanks for any help
Steve

Sincerely,
Steve JORDI
M.Sc. in Geophysics

(Remove the I_REALLY_HATE_SPAMMERS from my email address)
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(You need proper signature syntax. Put on a *separate* line above your
signature with the characters "-- " *without* the quote marks; notice
that it is hyphen hyphen space - the space matters.)

Have you considered using a password on each user account? And don't
enable logging in without a password.

That is what password-protected logins are designed for.

Oh - also don't use easy passwords (such as your dog's name, for
example) that anyone might guess.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

Have you considered using a password on each user account? And don't
enable logging in without a password.

We have about 4,500 potential login accounts, I can't guess all of
them. If someone shows up and logs in, via the Active Directory, the
account will automatically be created as a new user on the desktop.
That's what I want to avoid.


That is what password-protected logins are designed for.

An active directory user will be able to log in (and create a local
account) since (s)he has the appropriate valid logon credentials.

I just want the only unique desktop local user to be able to log in
(and I need the active directory for other purpose). My need is
simple: no switch user button.

Steve

On Tue, 26 Nov 2013 08:24:38 +0100, Steve JORDI wrote:

Have you considered using a password on each user account? And don't
enable logging in without a password.

We have about 4,500 potential login accounts, I can't guess all of
them. If someone shows up and logs in, via the Active Directory, the
account will automatically be created as a new user on the desktop.
That's what I want to avoid.

That is what password-protected logins are designed for.

An active directory user will be able to log in (and create a local
account) since (s)he has the appropriate valid logon credentials.

I just want the only unique desktop local user to be able to log in
(and I need the active directory for other purpose). My need is
simple: no switch user button.

Steve

Your environment is nothing like the average home user's setup :-)

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Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

On Tue, 26 Nov 2013 10:48:30 -0800, "Gene E. Bloch"
wrote:

On Tue, 26 Nov 2013 08:24:38 +0100, Steve JORDI wrote:

Have you considered using a password on each user account? And don't
enable logging in without a password.

We have about 4,500 potential login accounts, I can't guess all of
them. If someone shows up and logs in, via the Active Directory, the
account will automatically be created as a new user on the desktop.
That's what I want to avoid.

That is what password-protected logins are designed for.

An active directory user will be able to log in (and create a local
account) since (s)he has the appropriate valid logon credentials.

I just want the only unique desktop local user to be able to log in
(and I need the active directory for other purpose). My need is
simple: no switch user button.

Steve

Your environment is nothing like the average home user's setup :-)

What, you don't run Active Directory at home? Well, neither do I, and I
suspect neither do most of us. :-)

In other words, I agree with you.

--

Char Jackson

Your environment is nothing like the average home user's setup :-)

I know :-)
I'm talking about work environment and definitely need to kill that
switch user...



Sincerely,
Steve JORDI
M.Sc. in Geophysics

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On Wed, 27 Nov 2013 08:54:14 +0100, Steve JORDI
wrote:


Your environment is nothing like the average home user's setup :-)

I know :-)
I'm talking about work environment and definitely need to kill that
switch user...

Can you hand the job off to your IT department?

--

Char Jackson

On Wed, 27 Nov 2013 08:54:14 +0100, Steve JORDI wrote:

Your environment is nothing like the average home user's setup :-)

I know :-)
I'm talking about work environment and definitely need to kill that
switch user...

I meant to convey also that I am incompetent to help in this situation
:-)

BTW, it *is* worth learning how to set up a signature so that
newsreaders can automatically suppress your 11-line sig and repliers
don't have to do it manually.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

On Tue, 26 Nov 2013 08:24:38 +0100 "Steve JORDI"
wrote in article


Have you considered using a password on each user account? And don't
enable logging in without a password.

We have about 4,500 potential login accounts, I can't guess all of
them. If someone shows up and logs in, via the Active Directory, the
account will automatically be created as a new user on the desktop.
That's what I want to avoid.


That is what password-protected logins are designed for.

An active directory user will be able to log in (and create a local
account) since (s)he has the appropriate valid logon credentials.

I just want the only unique desktop local user to be able to log in
(and I need the active directory for other purpose). My need is
simple: no switch user button.

Steve

I haven't tried this so cannot vouch for it in any way, but Google found:

http://www.askvg.com/how-to-disable-...windows-vista-
and-7/

I haven't tried this so cannot vouch for it in any way, but Google found:
http://www.askvg.com/how-to-disable-...windows-vista-
and-7/

The problem here is that it's only when you lock your workstation. Not
when you boot it. That's my main problem.

On Mon, 25 Nov 2013 11:39:18 +0100, "Steve JORDI"
wrote in article
...

Hi,
I'd like to fully remove the Switch User button appearing at boot
time.
All the solutions I've seen on the net regarding the policies to
disable the fast user switch work only once you lock your session.
It's fine, the switch user button is not there anymore.
But when you boot your PC, it's there. I don't want anybody else
to be able to login.

Mainly, if you're connected to an Active Directory, anybody could
login and this will automatically create a new profile. That's what I
want to avoid.

I do not believe it is possible to do what you are asking. Perhaps if
we knew more about what you are trying to accomplish we could help you
find a different solution that doesn't involve removing the switch user
button (which, as you have discovered, is unrelated to Fast User
Switching).

--
Zaphod

"So [Trillian], two heads is what does it for a girl?"
"...Anything else [Zaphod]'s got two of?"
- Arthur Dent

On Fri, 29 Nov 2013 09:29:12 -0500, "Zaphod Beeblebrox"
wrote in article
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On Mon, 25 Nov 2013 11:39:18 +0100, "Steve JORDI"
wrote in article
...

Hi,
I'd like to fully remove the Switch User button appearing at boot
time.
All the solutions I've seen on the net regarding the policies to
disable the fast user switch work only once you lock your session.
It's fine, the switch user button is not there anymore.
But when you boot your PC, it's there. I don't want anybody else
to be able to login.

Mainly, if you're connected to an Active Directory, anybody could
login and this will automatically create a new profile. That's what I
want to avoid.

I do not believe it is possible to do what you are asking. Perhaps if
we knew more about what you are trying to accomplish we could help you
find a different solution that doesn't involve removing the switch user
button (which, as you have discovered, is unrelated to Fast User
Switching).

Just on the chance what you are trying to achieve is to restrict the
ability to log into that specific PC to a specific single user, the
following might help:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555317

Option 'B' would appear to do that - although I'd be sure to add domain
admins to the list as well as the specific user...

--
Zaphod

The secret of flying is to hurl yourself to the ground, and miss.

Just on the chance what you are trying to achieve is to restrict the
ability to log into that specific PC to a specific single user, the
following might help:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555317

Option 'B' would appear to do that - although I'd be sure to add domain
admins to the list as well as the specific user...

Thanks. None of those actually disable anyone from the same AD domain
to log in, even though I removed all domain resolutions, etc.
I set only one user authorized, myself, and still anyone in the
structure can connect.

Oh well.

Steve