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I am running Windows 7 64-bit Professional, and have two user accounts on my computer. Problem is that the login screen only shows the last logged in user and an "other users" button which allows you to input username manually. Is there any way of reverting to showing a list of all the users instead?
Jon
Seberle,
I had the same issue and was all over the forums trying to find an answer. I managed to fix it by deleting a key from the registry. Click the Start menu and type regedt32. Navigate to the following key.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
In the profile list, there was one named .DEFAULT with no data within it. I deleted this key rebooted and all of my user icons were back on the logon screen. Of course, you should have a backup of the registry key before deleting. I don't know why this suddenly changed.
Hope this helps!
First of all I would like to ask for people’s forgiveness. English is not my first language. I have been a Microsoft products user since the beginning of MS DOS. I cannot remember the number of systems I have installed. I have been beta tester for numerous Microsoft products.I can say with the baggage of experience I have gathered over the years that Win7 is by far one of the best OS ever made by Microsoft even if sometime I wonder if it was more of a “fatware” than XP.
Since I have installed Win7 Ultimate on a multi boot computer (2000, XP, Vista and 7) the only additional software I have bought was KIS 2010. Win7 has been running without a single glitch. From time to time after an update the parental control user list disappears leaving me with only one alternative to backup and delete all accounts. This was not an issue until one day all the user accounts decided to vanish.
This is a disaster for me. I have created primary user accounts which I renamed later making it difficult for any unwelcomed guest to hack my system. How am I going to teach my children between 3 and 8 to change manually the user account and tip the primary login name and password?
Microsoft must go back to their drawing board. This is a too big to be ignored. So far I have tried every imaginable solution. Reformatting Win7 partition and making a fresh install is a non starter because I believe it is a bug and doing so will not protect you against future disaster. Microsoft home users has been waiting for a long time to use XP replacement ignoring deliberately Vista which I consider one of Microsoft most awful product (very user unfriendly).
Since I cannot find a solution I have decided to go back to XP to delight of my children. I have moved toward Win7 for it stability. I have praised it since the beginning but now I find my self lucky for not ditching XP. I hope Microsoft will listen to my plea. If not someone come up with a solution
Kind regards
Saysay
Dear All,
Found a solution which worked for me. Only time will tell if the fix is permanent.
I opened the registry by going to “Start” and typing “regedit” in the search box. When “regedit” was found, I double click on it. You need to find “ProfileList” the location is as follow:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList].
When found right click on it and export that section of the registry as a backup.
Compte the number of “dword” strings and compare it with the number of accounts created including the administrator. Delete every string which is not related to an account. You will find the user account name under “ProfileImagePath” (IE: C:\Users\Xxxx).
Remember do not delete a string associated to an existing account and do not forget to make a partial backup of the “ProfileList”.
Close the registry editor and log off. You should see all user accounts will reappear magically.
you can put back the strings you have removed one by one and perform a re-start to verify if the welcome screen is still working. If not just remove that section. I have manage to isolate what was making it to switch in to a single logging. the string is as follow:
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList\S-1-5-21-1919079831-909762712-388609869-1007]
"Flags"=dword:00000000
"State"=dword:00000000
"Sid"=hex:01,05,00,00,00,00,00,05,15,00,00,00,97,d5,62,72,98,e0,39,36,4d,b7,29,\
17,ee,03,00,00
"ProfileLoadTimeLow"=dword:00000000
"ProfileLoadTimeHigh"=dword:00000000
"RefCount"=dword:00000001
"RunLogonScriptSync"=dword:00000000
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If it does not work, right click on the partial backup registry file and select merge. This will restore any modification made on the registry.
Et voila.
Now the family can enjoy again the familiar login screen they are use to.
Kind regards
Modifying REGISTRY settings incorrectly can cause serious problems that may prevent your computer from booting properly. Microsoft cannot guarantee that any problems resulting from the configuring of REGISTRY settings can be solved. Modifications of these settings are at your own risk
Hi Jonhoo ,
Welcome to Microsoft Windows 7 Forums.
1. First let’s login with the current user account.
2. Click Start and type run in the search and hit Enter.
3. Let’s type “control userpasswords2” in the run window and hit Enter
4. Let’s check whether the check box which says Users must enter a user name and password to use is checked. If the check box is checked then let’s uncheck the check box, click on apply and ok tab and hit enter.
5. Restart the system.
6. You will be able to see different users in the logon screen.
Hope this information is helpful.
Suresh G
Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
first, the command "control userpaswords2" does not work, because it is misspelled.Hi Jonhoo ,
Welcome to Microsoft Windows 7 Forums.
1. First let’s login with the current user account.
2. Click Start and type run in the search and hit Enter .
3. Let’s type “control userpasswords2 ” in the run window and hit Enter
4. Let’s check whether the check box which says Users must enter a user name and password to use is checked. If the check box is checked then let’s uncheck the check box, click on apply and ok tab and hit enter.
5. Restart the system.
6. You will be able to see different users in the logon screen.
Hope this information is helpful.
Suresh G
Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
first, the command "control userpasswords2" does not work, because it is misspelled.Hi Jonhoo ,
Welcome to Microsoft Windows 7 Forums.
1. First let’s login with the current user account.
2. Click Start and type run in the search and hit Enter .
3. Let’s type “control userpasswords2 ” in the run window and hit Enter
4. Let’s check whether the check box which says Users must enter a user name and password to use is checked. If the check box is checked then let’s uncheck the check box, click on apply and ok tab and hit enter.
5. Restart the system.
6. You will be able to see different users in the logon screen.
Hope this information is helpful.
Suresh G
Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
second, the mentioned check box does not exist anywhere in the User Accounts window.
Could anyone please give the correct solution to this really annoying problem?
thanks!
The only way to go back to the full list is to click "Switch user".
Well that's the point: when you click SWITCH USER, it does not show the full list: it shows only "other users" instead (without picture), and I have to manually type the username to log in into another user.
same thing when I first boot...
and same thing when I log off (instead of just locking the current session)
The behavior you gave is what we want, and in my case I had it like 1 week ago, but I can't figure out what happened since..
Just some info regarding the display of users on the Login screen. If the machine is on a domain, then the list of local user accounts will not display.
You only get the list of local users at login if the machine is in a workgroup, otherwise if its on the domain, you're expected to login with a domain account.
I'm having this problem at home. The machine is not on a domain, but only in the home workgroup.
I already had this working (all users correctly displayed on the logon page) on my windows 7 since I have installed it. This problem is new - 2-3 weeks only.
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Don't have one of the above accounts?
