Windows 10: Display Last Sign-in Information during User Sign-in in Windows 10

How to: Display Last Sign-in Information during User Sign-in in Windows 10


Information You can control whether or not the system displays information about previous sign-ins and sign-in failures to the user.

For local accounts and domain user accounts (in domains of at least a Windows Server 2008 functional level), if you enable this setting, a message appears after the user signs in that displays the date and time of the last successful sign-in by that user, the date and time of the last unsuccessful sign-in attempted with that user name, and the number of unsuccessful sign-ins since the last successful sign-in by that user. The user will need to click/tap on OK in this message before the user is presented with their desktop.

The system will not display last sign-in information for Microsoft accounts on the PC.

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable to display information about previous logons during logon of local and domain users in Windows 10.

You must be signed in as an administrator to enable or disable to display last sign-in information during sign-in.

CONTENTS:

• Option One: To Enable or Disable Display Last Sign-in Information during User Sign-in using Group Policy
• Option Two: To Enable or Disable Display Last Sign-in Information during User Sign-in using a REG file

EXAMPLE: Display last sign-in information during user sign-in








OPTION ONE [/i] To Enable or Disable Display Last Sign-in Information during User Sign-in using Group Policy


Note Local Group Policy Editor is only available in the Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions.

All editions can use Option Two below.

1. Open the Local Group Policy Editor.

2. In the left pane of local group policy editor, navigate to the location below. (see screenshot below)
*Arrow Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Logon Options




3. In the right pane of Windows Logon Options in Local Group Policy Editor, double click/tap on the Display information about previous logons during user logon policy to edit it. (see screenshot above)

4. Do step 5 (enable) or step 6 (disable) below for what you would like to do.


5. To Enable Display Last Sign-in Information during User Sign-in
A) Select (dot) Enabled, click/tap on OK, and go to step 7 below. (see screenshot below)

6. To Disable Display Last Sign-in Information during User Sign-in
A) Select (dot) Not Configured or Disabled, click/tap on OK, and go to step 7 below. (see screenshot below)

Note: Not Configured is the default setting.




7. Close the local group policy editor.




OPTION TWO [/i] To Enable or Disable Display Last Sign-in Information during User Sign-in using a REG file


Note The .reg files below will add and modify the dword value in the registry key below.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

DisplayLastLogonInfo DWORD

(delete) = Disable
1 = Enable

1. Do step 2 (enable) or step 3 (disable) below for what you would like to do.


2. To Enable Display Last Sign-in Information during User Sign-in
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Enable_Display_Last_sign-in_Info.reg

Download

3. To Disable Display Last Sign-in Information during User Sign-in
Note: This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Disable_Display_Last_sign-in_Info.reg

Download
4. Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6. When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7. If you like, you can now delete the downloaded .reg file.

That's it,
Shawn


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