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I need to share a folder on my network for my new scanner to save documents to. I don't want to give the scanner my personal account's password, and it looks like anonymous shares, even very limited ones, are a bad idea now (correct me if I'm wrong!). So I thought I'd make a dedicated username / password for the scanner, but don't want to show it on the user switching screen. Is this possible?
ETA: I got it off the user switching screen. Does this mean that no local login is ever possible using this account? Ideally it would be valid only as a network credential...
James B
Posted 2015-11-26T21:39:38.840
Reputation: 369
You probably want to look into the Deny Local Logon user policy. https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc957048.aspx
– Michael Frank – 2015-11-26T21:48:16.483Should have specified this is the Home edition. No Group Policy :-/ – James B – 2015-11-26T22:13:34.957
Have you tried the existing answers for Windows 7 yet? If so, exactly which did you try and what were the results? How to hide admin account and only show main user at logon screen?, Hide account from login screen but can be used in UAC, Hide user from login screen without deactivating it
– Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 – 2015-11-26T22:15:52.983@Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 - I had actually done the first one once already for a different "service" account and forgotten about it. ::sigh:: Thanks for the reminder... :D – James B – 2015-11-27T15:43:26.230
Did you try to just disable the 'share' account? – Smeerpijp – 2015-11-27T15:49:09.263