Windows – What values are defined for the SpecialAccounts/UserList key and what I is their purpose

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I have an old program from 2010 which uses the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList key. You can add DWORD values under that key. The program works on Windows Xp (5.1). Now my question is: What values are possible DWORD values for that value and which purpose do they have?

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This question is old, but it might help someone: experimentation on Windows XP has shown me that the DWORD value 65536 tells to winlogon to hide all the user accounts starting with the value name.

For example, having the name "IUSR_" with the DWORD value 65536 in the UserList registry key will hide the user "IUSR_MACHINENAME". If the DWORD value is 0 the user won't match and will thus be available in the login screen.

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