Another Windows 7 Saga, but much more trivial.
The Windows 7 machines I work with are not on a domain and never will be. Given the distinct lack of file sharing that we want to encourage, we prefer they don’t even share a workgroup.
By default it appears that Windows 7 like to put up a welcome login screen with icons of each valid user account. From a security standpoint I really don’t want all of the user accounts listed. I really don’t want some moderately clever user logging out of their public of staff account and seeing the various administrative accounts we put on there. They’d still have to guess the passwords, but I’d rather keep them as many steps away as possible.
Disabling the login icons in this Windows release was a bit harder than usual.
Part 1: in the run menu type ‘control userpasswords2′. Go to the advanced tab. Set Ctrl-Alt-Dlt secure login. This used to be enough..
Part 2: in the run menu type ‘secpol.msc’ From here you need to find the interactive policies, which are located under Local Policies->Security Options. Change the Ctrl-Alt-Dlt login policy.
Note: these only work on the professional or higher versions of windows 7.
Secondary Rant: Why is Printers now Devices and Printers? Who is looking for Printers under D? How did this not come up? What name-guru thought that was a good idea? Also, why can’t I have a flat list of control panel items instead of the three column debauchery that it spits at me? Why!
Tertiary Rant: I’ve been a Windows defender and apologist for a while and Windows 7 has a lot of things that I like, but on the small stuff…they just suck. The loss of the ‘up’ key from WIndows XP navigation to Vista was when I decided to start counting all of small and unnecessary nubbishness coming out of Redmond…
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