Little-known vmware_user account

For ease of use, many friends set the computer to automatically enter the desktop. However, after installing VMWare, we will find that Windows 7 can no longer automatically enter the desktop, but will stay in the account selection page and wait for the user to click. In fact, this is due to the fact that VMWare added a user to __vmware_user__” What if you want to hide this account from the login interface?

The specific method is as follows:

1. Open the registry and navigate to HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\ CurrentVersion\\Winlogon

2, create a key value named SpecialAccounts

3, then create another key under SpecialAccounts named UserList

4, create a new The DWORD value (DWORD32 on x64) inside the UserList is named __vmware_user__ (the name of the account we want to hide) and the value is 0

5, close the registry, do not need to restart or logout

Or paste the following command directly into the command prompt

REG ADD "HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows

NT\\CurrentVersion\\Winlogon\\SpecialAccounts\\UserList" /v __vmware_user__ /d 0 /t REG_DWORD /f

In fact, after installing VMWare on Windows 7, a __vmware_user__ account will be generated on the computer and will be displayed on the login interface, but in Windows XP. Is not going out Such interfaces.