How to disable or enable the Other Users tile on the logon screen on a Windows machine protected by RSA Authentication Agent for Windows
Originally Published: 2016-10-10
Last Modified: 2023-09-25
Article Number
Applies To
RSA Product/Service Type: Authentication Agent for Windows
RSA Version/Condition: 7.x
Issue
Tasks
Resolution
To disable the Other Users tile
- Click Start and in the Run box, type gpedit.msc then press Enter. This opens the Local Group Policy Editor with the top-level Local Group Policy object open for editing.
- In the editor, expand Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Logon.
- Double-click Always Use Classic Logon.
- Select Enabled, and then click OK.
- In the editor, expand Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Local Policies > Security Options.
- Double-click Interactive logon: Do not display last username.
- Select Disable, and then click OK.
- Restart the machine or open a command prompt as administrator and run the command gpupdate /force.
To enable the Other Users tile
- Invert the two policies above.
- Restart the machine or open a command prompt as administrator and run the command gpupdate /force.
Notes
- Click Start, type regedit.
- Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System.
- Double-click on dontdisplaylastusername in the right pane and then modify the value to 1.
- Alternatively, copy the text below into a text editor, save it with the extension .reg and execute it. A sample file is attached to this article.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System] “dontdisplaylastusername”=dword:00000001
This will disable the Other Users logon tile.
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