How To: Make an Invisible User Account in Vista

1) Click on theStart Menu.

2) Where it says “Start Search” enter regedit and hit Enter.

3) A pop up will come up (UAC), just click Continue.

4) Once in regedit go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

5) In the left panel, right click on Winlogon and click New and click Key.

6) Type SpecialAccounts and press Enter.Below is how you should be doing so far.

7) In the left panel, right click on SpecialAccounts and click New and click Key.

8) Type UserList and press Enter.

9) In right panel of UserList, right click on a empty area and click New then click DWORD (32bit) Value.

10) Type in the name of the user account that you want to hide and press Enter.eg: Everyday Account. Below is how you should be doing so far:

11) In the right panel, right click on the user account name and click Modify.

12) To hide the user account - Type 0 and click OK. (number zero not the letter)

Whenever you want to use the account just unhide the it by typing 1 instead of zero.

13) Close regedit and your done, enjoy your secret account =).