How to display a hidden user account?

hidden user account

I discovered a hidden on my computer user account. I never saw him until what I went to parental controls in Control Panel. It's the only place wherever I can get it to appear. "UpdatusUser" is the name of accounts. How make it unhidden so I can see what are the benefits and remove it?

Open your ongoing departure run.ext (windows key + r) registry editor, and then type regedit. Then, follow the steps below.
  1. Run the registry editor (RegEdit.exe).
  2. Navigate to the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList
-Here is a picture: mydigitallife.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/userlist.jpg
  1. Select UserListand in the right pane, right-click on any empty space, and then tap New -> DWORD (32-bit) value.
  2. Name the new DWORD registry value as name exactly the that same name that match the user account name to be hidden.

    For example, if the user ID of the user account John, the name of the registry as John value.

  3. Double-click the DWORD registry value and set data of 1 in the oder to hide the account from the Welcome screen.
  4. Exit Registry Editor.
  5. Log off or restart the computer for the changes to take effect.

Tip: In order to log in Windows by using a user account that has been hidden and invisible, just press Ctrl + Alt + Delete to bring up the Windows logon dialog box and manually type in the user name and password.

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