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from an elevated command prompt<br />
net user administrator /active:yes<br />
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The reason why.. is when you create the first user the default administrator account is disabled
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from an elevated command prompt
net user administrator /active:yes

The reason why.. is when you create the first user the default administrator account is disabled

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Yep this trick did the job. Thank you so much!!
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Yep this trick did the job. Thank you so much!!

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Hi there Experts,<br />
<br />
I have created a Windows Server 2008 VM via vmWare Workstation<br />
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The easy install wizard of vmWare’s workstation requires to type a username in order to continue with the installation. <br />
So I did and I gave the username “Demo”.<br />
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Once the installation completed I logged in with Administrator’s default account and deleted the user Demo and its Profile.<br />
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Now every time that I restart the VM and although that the Demo user does not exist, on Windows Welcome page I see the error message “the username or password is incorrect” , I click Ok and then the Demo user shows up and I have to switch user in order to log in as an Administrator.<br />
<br />
I have tried to recreate and re-delete, &nbsp;hide the specific user with no luck. <br />
<br />
The question is: How do I get rid of Demo user in order the Windows Welcome page to show only Administrator’s account ??<br />
<br />
Thanks,<br />
Mamelas
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Hi there Experts,

I have created a Windows Server 2008 VM via vmWare Workstation

The easy install wizard of vmWare’s workstation requires to type a username in order to continue with the installation. 
So I did and I gave the username “Demo”.

Once the installation completed I logged in with Administrator’s default account and deleted the user Demo and its Profile.

Now every time that I restart the VM and although that the Demo user does not exist, on Windows Welcome page I see the error message “the username or password is incorrect” , I click Ok and then the Demo user shows up and I have to switch user in order to log in as an Administrator.

I have tried to recreate and re-delete,  hide the specific user with no luck. 

The question is: How do I get rid of Demo user in order the Windows Welcome page to show only Administrator’s account ??

Thanks,
Mamelas

Windows Server 2008 Welcome Page shows as default user a removed user

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008

Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (but not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or computer network resources. Virtualization is usually the creation of a system that executes separate from the underlying hardware resources, or the creation of an entire desktop for systems located elsewhere, similar to thin clients.