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I'm trying, on Windows 10 Pro, to prevent this screen to appear.

This question is specifically about precisions about the answer How to totally remove the Windows 10 login screen?, thus this new question.

This answer states:

Disguise your name in the logon screen by in Computer Management > Local Users and Groups > Users, double-click your account and in the General tab set your Full name to any text message.

exact same experience by setting the user image and display-name to empty

Follwing this answer:

  • I tried both options:

    • setting the "Full name" to some non-empty text like "test" (this screen still appears after next reboot),

    • and to an empty text (idem)

  • I tried to change the account image, as advised in the answer ("Change the displayed image in Settings > Accounts > Your info"), but I can only use "camera" or "browse to a new file". Thus I can only customize the account image, but not remove the current image.

Thus I cannot prevent this screen to appear.

NB: This question is specifically about this method:

Just to remark that you will get the exact same experience by setting the user image and display-name to empty without the need to have Windows Enterprise.

and not about other methods (so it is not a duplicate).

Basj
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  • Strange, when I wrote that answer I tested everything and it all worked. A Windows update might have nixed this method since when I wrote it, or your situation is different. Questions: What is your exact Windows 10 version? Your account is named "admin", is that a local or Microsoft account? – harrymc Jan 08 '24 at 19:43
  • @harrymc I tested on two computers with different versions of Windows 10 Pro (I'll tell you which tomorrow). Which Window 10 Pro version did you use? Just to be sure: Did you mean 1) "Full name" set to empty string ? 2) Full name set to any non-empty text ? 3) Use any image ? 4) Or "remove the image" ? – Basj Jan 08 '24 at 21:37
  • I think I set the full name to one space/blank. – harrymc Jan 08 '24 at 21:40
  • Thanks @harrymc. I tried both without success. Last question: did this screen totally disappear, or was it still displayed, but with an empty text and empty image (but still the round circle with the silhouette icon)? – Basj Jan 08 '24 at 21:46
  • Still displayed with empty both. – harrymc Jan 08 '24 at 22:17
  • @harrymc If it is "still displayed", then I did not understand your answer: "You will get the exact same experience by setting the user image and display-name to empty without the need to have Windows Enterprise". With Enterprise you can totally prevent this screen to appear - with your solution the screen is still displayed, but with blank text. So it's not the exact same experience - do you agree if I modify your answer? – Basj Jan 08 '24 at 22:44
  • As I pointed in that answer and comments, you can reduce this screen to basically just a spinning wheel, but you can't avoid the processing that's done behind it. Totally getting rid of everything will result in a blank screen for the duration, so a more negative experience for the user. – harrymc Jan 09 '24 at 09:02
  • @harrymc Thanks. Did you mean : the spinning wheel + also the round white circle (+ also the silhouette icon inside the circle) in https://i.stack.imgur.com/nTIMf.jpg? – Basj Jan 09 '24 at 09:09
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    Yes, I meant the entire animation that's supposed to reassure the user that something is still working. A long blank screen may cause the user to push the power button. – harrymc Jan 09 '24 at 09:14

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