There is probably no way to do this but I'll ask anyway.
I have disabled the win8 lock screen so I don't confuse my wife.
When my computer locks it only shows my account at the login screen.
Is there any way to show all users at the login (locked) screen?
I have nothing to hide from my wife so she knows my password and just logs in as me.
If it showed both users she would login to her own account instead of messing mine up.
I know you can press the back arrow but if I tell the wife she'll get suspicious for no reason, you know how women are.
Best Answer
I don't know for the lock screen but for the login screen it is possible. But not as simple as it should be.
Follow the instructions on this page.
It involves changing the registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\UserSwitch
. (settingEnabled
to 1)The problem is this change does not survive at the moment a user logs in. So there are also instructions to change this value after every login with a batch file and the Task Scheduler.
The batchfile should be like:
Run this file with a task in the Task Manager "at log on" of "every user".
Exact steps (with screenshots) are at this page.
Edit:
I found a way to do the same when you get the lock-screen in case of inactivity.
I discovered that when you disconnect with "Remote Desktop" you get the full-Switch-User-screen with all users. You can simulate this with the command
tsdiscon.exe
. We work from there... (You can test this command manually)Now create a normal-"scheduled task", name it
Switchusers
. In the trigger-tab set a trigger onOn workstation lock
. In the action-tab set an action to runtsdiscon.exe
. Press Ok.Now, whenever you get the lockscreen,
tsdiscon.exe
is executed and you get your full-switch-users ;)If for some reason this doesn't work you can also create the same task with trigger
On idle
and set theStart the task only if the computer is idle for
on you desired idle-time andWait for idle for
onDo not wait
and checkStop if the computer ceases to be idle
(or else you'll get multiple login-screens after longer time-outs)