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How can I create a hidden user account with administrator rights in Windows XP ?
Other than the administrator, no one should not find that hidden user
How can I do it ?
Kumar
Posted 2010-09-20T10:10:24.333
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This page on IntelliAdmin has a complete walkthrough for hiding a user on the login screen.
You need to create a registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList
Under this key you simply create a new DWORD value – the name matches the users name exactly, and the value is one of the following (Decimal format)
0 – Hides the user just from the welcome screen
1 – The user is shown
As this page warns, make sure you leave at least one account visible!
I can confirm that this works under Windows 7 as well.
I'm not sure about the other two requirements though.
ChrisF
Posted 2010-09-20T10:10:24.333
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With group policy you can hide the whole control panel, but I don't know about only Users and Groups. (Of course, you would also need to lock down the use of MMC from the command line so no one adds the user and group snapin.) I believe hiding the directory can be done with NTFS permissions. Too bad there isn't a white hat admin rootkit for this. :) – Scott McClenning – 2010-09-21T03:42:54.170
You can read a similar tutorial here. http://agnipulse.com/2009/07/hiding-a-user-account-in-windows-xp/ You can also mark the Documents folder as hidden to prevent others from seeing it.
– bbalegere – 2011-08-19T02:46:12.483