How to Hide User's Account Information on Locked Desktop

You can hide the user's account information on a locked desktop via registry hack or in a Windows Domain environment, you can use Group Policy Object (GPO) setting. In a way this setting protect your unattended PC to some extend.

Windows Domain Environment:

1. Locate Interactive Logon: Display user Information when the session is locked by searching in GPO container: Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Security Options

2. Then select User display name, domain and user names with registry value of 1

3. Select User display name only with registry value of 2

4. Select Do not display user information with registry value of 3


Standalone PC:

1. Run Regedit

2. Locate HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System for DontDisplayLockedUserID (Reg_DWORD) and set Computer Locked dialog box to registry value of 3

Users now will have to retype their user accounts and passwords each time they need to logon to their locked desktop.