Hide Account Usernames in Windows for Extra Security

If you use online banking, you may have noticed when you get your password wrong that the error in response is pretty generic i.e. “Wrong user name or password.” These error messages are pretty unhelpful; however, this is by design. If someone tries to compromise your account, do you really want them knowing they got the user name right and now just need to tackle the password? Probably not. The harder we make it to get in to our accounts, the less chance we have of opportunists getting to places we don’t want them to be. With that said, this guide will show you how to disable user name display on the Windows logon screen, for additional security.


Disable User Name Display Using Windows Registry Editor


Click Start, type regedit, and press Enter to pen the Windows Registry Editor
Navigate to key HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Modify (or add) DWORD DontDisplayLastUserName and set the value to 1
Log off to see changes


Note: To view user names again, follow steps 1-2 above and set the value to 0 in step 3.

Disable User Name Display Using Group Policy

Click Start, type local, and click Local Security Policy
In the left-hand pane, click on Local Policies > Security Options
In the right-hand pane, double-click Interactive Logon: Do Not Display Last User Name (or right click and select Properties)

Select Enabled and click OK
Log off to see changes

Note: To view user names again, follow steps 1-3 above and select Disabled in step 4.

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