On 09/01/10 2:01 PM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Excerpts from Luka Novak's message of mié sep 01 06:35:13 -0400 2010:
>> hello!
>>
>>
>> I just recently installed PostgreSQL for my HoldemManager application, and
>> after a restart, there was actually a new windows user account named postgre
>> on the startup along with my admin account for windows (if i didnt make it
>> clear -- the account to log in to windows, before windows start). So is that
>> a normal thing or not, because i know i didnt do anything wrong with
>> installation or the setup.
> Yes, the PostgreSQL installation creates a "postgres" Windows user
> account. This is normal and expected.
>
however, that user shouldn't show up on the "Welcome" friendly style
login screen. OTOH, I'm not sure what mechanism is used to prevent this.
ah, a little googling... on 32bit windows.. registry entry
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList
has a value with the username and a DWORD of 0x00000000 to block the
user from being displayed. on 64bit Win7 at least, this is in
HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList
instead.