Excellent answer. Thank you very much.

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Chris

Chad Harris wrote:
> Hi Chris--
>
> 1) As to the Admin account in Vista 64--it was MSFT's UAC team's move for
> security to run default standard but you can change it.
>
> http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsvistasecurity/
>
> SYMPTOMS
> You notice that the administrator account does not appear on the Windows
> Vista Welcome screen.
> Back to the top
>
> CAUSE
> By default, the following conditions are true in Windows Vista:. The
> built-in administrator account is disabled.
> . The built-in administrator account cannot log on to the computer in safe
> mode.
> Note In some cases, Windows Vista may determine, during an upgrade from
> Microsoft Windows XP, that the built-in administrator account is the only
> active local administrator account. In this situation, Windows Vista leaves
> the built-in administrator account enabled. Additionally, Windows Vista puts
> this account into Admin Approval mode.
>
> The administrator account does not appear on the Windows Vista Welcome
> screen
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926183
>
> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...5f4c61033.mspx
>
> You can type contol userpasswords2 in run box and turn on the account.
>
> 2) You want to hide the admin account from the default login screen:
>
> This comes from Ronnie Vernon, MVP:
>
> You can hide accounts the same way you did in XP, but in Vista you need to
> create those registry keys.
>
> In regedit, navigate to:
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
>
> Right click Winlogon and select New / Key
>
> Name the new key SpecialAccounts (case sensitive)
>
> Right click The SpecialAccounts key and select New Key again.
>
> Name the key UserList
>
> Click the UserList key and in the right side window right click and select
> New / DWord (32bit) Value.
>
> Name the new DWord value the same name as the account you wish to hide.
> Double click this value and in the Value Data line enter either 0 (zero) to
> hide the account or 1 to show the account.
>
> **WARNING: Make sure that you have at least one Administrator account
> available on the Welcome screen! If you hide the last administrator account
> you may lock yourself out of making any changes that require administrator
> privileges! Vista is designed to reveal the built-in administrator account
> when you log into safe mode, if no other administrator accounts are
> available, but if an administrator account is simply hidden, then the
> built-in administrator account will not show up in safe mode!**
>
> 3) I belive this is what you want Chris:
>
> Type control userpasswords 2 in the run box>advanced tab>require users to
> press Ctrl+Alt+Delete
>
> Good luck hth,



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