how to make admin icon always show

Hi All,

I have noticed with XP that as soon as a user gets administrative
privileges, that the Administrator's icon does not show at the
user password prompt screen (except in safe mode).

Is there a way to make the Administrator's icon always show,
regardless of what other users has administrative privileges?

Many thanks,
--Tony

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Tony <Tony@invalid.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> Hi All,
>
> I have noticed with XP that as soon as a user gets administrative
> privileges, that the Administrator's icon does not show at the
> user password prompt screen (except in safe mode).
>
> Is there a way to make the Administrator's icon always show,
> regardless of what other users has administrative privileges?
>
> Many thanks,
> --Tony

1. Press the Start Button
2. Click on Run
3. Type "regedit" without the quotes*
4. Dig down to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserLis t"
5. Right click on the right and create a new DWORD value named
Administrator**
6. Assign it a hexidecimal value of 1 (enabled)
7. Close regedit
8. Reboot to see effects

Notes:
* Just so you know editing the registry isn't the brightest thing to do
though many of us do it all the time. However, you have been warned. For a
better warning:
http://kgiii.info/windows/all/general/regedit_warn.html

** Before you do this it would be wise of you to right click in the
left-hand pane on the appropriate branch and selecting the "export" option
to save it to a safe location so that you might restore it.

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind,
which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply
there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." -
Sherlock Holmes

Tony wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I have noticed with XP that as soon as a user gets administrative
> privileges, that the Administrator's icon does not show at the
> user password prompt screen (except in safe mode).
>
> Is there a way to make the Administrator's icon always show,
> regardless of what other users has administrative privileges?
>
> Many thanks,
> --Tony

Run the edit on Kelly's site:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Line 5: Enable/Disable Administrator on Welcome Screen

See the top of the page for info on running the edit.

--
Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

The use Administrator, is only available in safe mode, that is how it is set
up.

"Tony" wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I have noticed with XP that as soon as a user gets administrative
> privileges, that the Administrator's icon does not show at the
> user password prompt screen (except in safe mode).
>
> Is there a way to make the Administrator's icon always show,
> regardless of what other users has administrative privileges?
>
> Many thanks,
> --Tony
>

Ryan wrote:

> The use Administrator, is only available in safe mode, that is how it is set
> up.
>
> "Tony" wrote:
>
>
>>Hi All,
>>
>> I have noticed with XP that as soon as a user gets administrative
>>privileges, that the Administrator's icon does not show at the
>>user password prompt screen (except in safe mode).
>>
>> Is there a way to make the Administrator's icon always show,
>>regardless of what other users has administrative privileges?
>>
>>Many thanks,
>>--Tony
>>

That's only for XP Home. For XP Pro it can be set up to show up on the
Welcome screen.

--
Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

In news:%23zrf7OQEGHA.336@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl,
Rock <rock@mail.nospam.net> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> Ryan wrote:
>
>> The use Administrator, is only available in safe mode, that is how
>> it is set up.
>>
>> "Tony" wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I have noticed with XP that as soon as a user gets administrative
>>> privileges, that the Administrator's icon does not show at the
>>> user password prompt screen (except in safe mode).
>>>
>>> Is there a way to make the Administrator's icon always show,
>>> regardless of what other users has administrative privileges?
>>>
>>> Many thanks,
>>> --Tony
>>>
>
> That's only for XP Home. For XP Pro it can be set up to show up on
> the Welcome screen.

Of course they could just press CTRL + ALT + DEL twice and type in
Administrator. But that'd be just too easy. <g>

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind,
which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply
there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." -
Sherlock Holmes

Galen wrote:

> In news:%23zrf7OQEGHA.336@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl,
> Rock <rock@mail.nospam.net> had this to say:
>
> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>
>
>>Ryan wrote:
>>
>>
>>>The use Administrator, is only available in safe mode, that is how
>>>it is set up.
>>>
>>>"Tony" wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> I have noticed with XP that as soon as a user gets administrative
>>>>privileges, that the Administrator's icon does not show at the
>>>>user password prompt screen (except in safe mode).
>>>>
>>>> Is there a way to make the Administrator's icon always show,
>>>>regardless of what other users has administrative privileges?
>>>>
>>>>Many thanks,
>>>>--Tony
>>>>
>>
>>That's only for XP Home. For XP Pro it can be set up to show up on
>>the Welcome screen.
>
>
> Of course they could just press CTRL + ALT + DEL twice and type in
> Administrator. But that'd be just too easy. <g>
>

lol..yep.

--
Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

Galen wrote:

> 1. Press the Start Button
> 2. Click on Run
> 3. Type "regedit" without the quotes*
> 4. Dig down to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
> NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserLis t"
> 5. Right click on the right and create a new DWORD value named
> Administrator**
> 6. Assign it a hexidecimal value of 1 (enabled)
> 7. Close regedit
> 8. Reboot to see effects

Thank you!