How do I stop the last logon name being displayed?

A. For security reasons it may be desirable to stop the last logon name logged on being display so to stop perform the following:

This can also be done using the policy editor, and is under the Windows NT System - Logon tree, and tick "do not display last logged on username".

Under Windows 2000 dontdisplaylastusername has been moved to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionpoliciessystem.

To assign using a Group Policy Object set under the Computer Configuration -Windows Settings - Security Settings - Local Policies - Security Options - Donot display last user name in logon screen