After logging onto a Windows 7 computer, your username will be displayed on the login screen after a restart or logoff, like this:

Whether working remotely or locally, you may not want the next person to login to the computer to know you were logged into it. The 2 main reasons are:

1. Security - The user may not want you in their computer and they would question you if they knew you were in it.
2. Login Trouble - Many users do not know how to switch user accounts on Windows 7, and they may spend 30 minutes trying to login before they call you for help!

To change the last logged in user at the Windows 7 login screen, simply edit the following registry entry and restart the computer:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\LastLoggedOnUser

For a domain account, make sure to put it in this format: DOMAIN\username

Don't waste hours using time consuming profile migration tools when you can do it in minutes using a simple registry tweak. This technique can be used to migrate local profiles to domain profiles, domain profiles to local profiles, and domain profiles to domain profiles. It simply involves modifying a registry value and changing the permissions on the user directory and registry hives. In my example, I will be migrating a local profile on Windows 7 to a domain profile. My local user's account name is "user" and my domain user's account name is "tuser". The local user is part of the Local Administrators group. The Domain User is not part of the Local Administrators group, but it won't matter if it is (This tutorial was tested with UAC turned off.) If you or your company finds this tutorial useful, helpful, or time saving, please consider making a donation with the paypal link on the right. This helps with the authors time and hosting bills. Thanks

This has been tested on many production and test environments. In our test environment, here is a list of customizations and software installed and configured on the local user's account:

Changing the size of the desktop icons is very easy in Windows 7. Click anywhere on the desktop, then simply hold down the Ctrl key and scroll the mouse wheel up or down to increase or decrease the size. You may not prefer to have your icons 1/4 the size of you monitor, but sneak over to your co-workers computer while he is on lunch break and change theirs. See how long it takes them to figure it out: