JSI Tip 3987. Cover Your Tracks (CYT) freeware.

Jerold Schulman

August 19, 2001

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Marty List brings us CYT freeware, which allows you to change the default user name that is shown at the logon prompt. This is useful when you have logged onto a user's computer and don't want them to lock out your account by typing their password with your UserName.

The readme contains:

Cover Your Tracks version 2.50A default user logon utility for Windows.  Allows you to change the default user ID shown at the next logon.Use Cyt.exe /? to view the optional command-line syntax.Copyright ©1998-2000 Marty ListRequires MSVBVM50.DLL version 05.00.4319 or later.  To obtain thelatest versions of the Microsoft Visual Basic run-time files, seethe Microsoft Support Knowledge Base article Q180071:http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=180071.==================================================================Revision History:2.50 11/28/2000Added code to reset the user name shown for each RAS profile on Win9x.2.02 07/20/2000Fixed a bug with DontDisplayLastUser on Windows 2000.2.0006/19/2000Added support for Windows 2000 and Windows 9x.1.1005/15/1998Added option to modify profiles and support for command-line switches.1.0004/09/1998Initial release.


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