4. Close the Local Security Policy window when you??™re done; the change
will take effect the next time you log in.
Keep in mind that if your goal is to hide the list of user accounts from everyone
but you, then this is only part of the solution. Sure, this hides the user
list from passersby, but anyone with an administrator account on the PC
could log in and open the User Accounts window to view other users on the
system. (Of course, anyone could also re-enable the Welcome screen, or
even create new accounts.) So, to keep your user list hidden, use standard
user accounts for all other users.
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Log In Automatically
If you assign a password to your account, or if you add a second user
account in Control Panel, Vista will show you the Welcome screen when
Windows first starts.
But it??™s never a good idea to have any accounts on your system set up without
passwords, not so much because someone could break in to your computer
while sitting at your desk, but because if you??™re connected to a
network or the Internet, an account??”any account??”without a password is
a big security hole. See ???Close Vista??™s Backdoors,??? in Chapter 7, for more
information.
The problem with setting up a password, however, is that Windows will
then prompt you for the password every time you turn on your computer,
which can be a pain if you??™re the only person who uses the machine. Fortunately,
there is a rather easy way to password-protect your computer and
not be bothered with the Welcome screen.
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