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Is there any way to remove the domain name from the login screen?

I have been trying to find a way to hide the logon domain name from the login screen (the information that says "Log on to: DomainName"). I've searched through GPOs but have not found a specific way to achieve this.
The only purpose we have is to hide it.

Is there a way to do this?
Lets way there is and the domain is now hidden, would the users need to type in the domain name along with their username? Such as domainname\username?

I have a test lab in which I can perform any suggestions. I appreciate any assistance with this.

Abhilash Pappiyil

Hi,

On a PC, Under Registry--> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion registry container, create a new REG_DWORD entry called NoDomainUI and set its value to 1. Reboot the PC. This will hide the domain drop-down list and force your users to use either their user principal name (e.g., username@domainname) or (e.g., domainname\username) to log on to Windows.

If thats fine, use a GPO to add the reg value on the computers.

Hope thats helps.

Thanks,
Abhi...

Piedra

ASKER

Hello Abhi and thank you for your response. I tested that action plan but when applied to Windows 7 and Windows 10 machines, you no longer see the "sign in to: DomainName (win10)" nor the "log on to: DomainName (win7)" but when you select on switch user, it displays the option.

I guess there is no way around that?

Abhilash Pappiyil

Havent tested it, but what happen when you disable switch user in that case? Will it work? OR are you not happy to disable switch user on PCs?

Try on one PC:-

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System. Look for a value called “HideFastUserSwitching“. If it does not exist, right-click the “System” folder, select “New DWORD 32-bit value“, then type a name of “HideFastUserSwitching“. Press “Enter” to create the value. Double-click “HideFastUserSwitching“. Change the “Value data” to “1” to disable Fast User Switching, set it to “0” to enable it.

OR use GPO --> Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Logon, in the right pane choose "Hide entry points for Fast User Switching". Set it to Disable.

Thanks,

Piedra

ASKER

This is very interesting. I will be testing this in my lab and see if it works. Disabling the Switch User might not be a bad idea but will need to confirm. Still, I will test and see if at least its at all possible.

Thank you for your support. Will update this thread shortly.

McKnife

May I ask why you are trying to hide that?

Mike Taylor

me too - why *are* you trying to hide the domain?

Piedra

ASKER

No particular reason really. We would simply like this information not to be viewed by our users. I know its unnecessary but hey, I'm not the boss unfortunately ;).

I trying to perform these actions but had no luck. I'm thinking this is not only necessary but also not possible (at least not through the tests I've performed).

If anyone has any suggestions, let me know before I inform management. Thanks a lot for the assistance

Mike Taylor

Hi,

Odd ideas some people get....

Anyway, Abhi sounds correct in everything he said. Set two GPOs - hide domain and disable switch user and then tell people to logon as Bob.Smith@CellDepot.com. This is the UPN which is an alternate login ID. I quite like it but it never really caught on. Obviously if your email domain matches your AD domain your hiding nothing! You then need to create an email alias for everyone. All sounds expensive to me.

An alternate sneaky trick that I found was to give a UPN alias to the domain name using AD Domains and Trusts and where you can give the domain any name you like e.g. Work.com. Logon then becomes Bob.Smith@Work.com.

I don't know if it has any side-effects mind - I don't think there are but please test.

Mike

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