If you’re running the Home or Starter edition of Windows, you have to use this registry trick instead: Method 2: Make Windows Show Last User Name Using Registry Editor Windows will show your last logged on user at the Welcome screen now.
Right-click it, select Properties and switch the status from Enabled to Disabled. Search for “ Interactive logon: Do not display last user name” on the right panel.
On the left side, expand Local Policies and then click on Security Options.This should bring up the “ Local Security Policy” window. Method 1: Make Windows Show Last User Name Using Group Policy If you’re locked out because your admin account is locked/disabled or you forgot the password, please use the PCUnlocker bootdisk to unlock your Windows account. Note: The procedure below requires you to log on to Windows as administrator.
In this tutorial we’ll show you two ways to make Windows login screen showing at least one user account, so you can simply the user icon at the Welcome screen to log into your account quickly. No users are shown at Windows Welcome/logon screen? You probably see only two empty boxes for you to type in the user name and password.
