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I re-checked how it works in my case and I see the same things you do. Only the built-in Administrator behaves properly. All other accounts (including the ones with administrative privileges) display all users in the list.

I read through that post, but I couldn't immediately find anything directly relevant. Note that my question is not about the Sign In Screen. My Sign In Screen works perfectly fine: it properly displays interactive users only. Meanwhile, my question is about that drop down menu residing in the...

This bug has been present in 8 and it is still there in 8.1. If the computer has non-interactive user accounts (i.e. accounts listed under "Deny logon locally" in Local Security Policy), these accounts are visible in the "Sign Out/Lock" menu of every regular interactive user on that machine...

Thanks for the replies. So, diskpart can be used for that purpose. Before I read about the diskpart-based workaround I used Zotac WinUSB Maker utility to "burn" the ISO directly to USB. It also worked perfectly.

For some reason, Windows 8.1. downloader package refuses to see my 8GB SanDisk flash drive as a target for creating bootable Windows 8.1 installer USB media. A 16GB Patriot drive is detected and processed properly, but 8GB SanDisk is ignored. The same is true for the Windows 7 USB/DVD tool...

OK, it turns out I misinterpreted the nature of the problem. The reason I could not launch the "PC settings" app under the built-in admin is that my "PC settings" shortcut was missing. I.e. the 'Immersive Control Panel.lnk' was missing from 'C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start...

There's no "general use" or "daily use" with any kind of interactive account on that machine. That machine is a file- and media-server, with a bunch of non-interactive restricted user accounts configured to provide network access only. In routine daily use it is running with no interactive users...

My Windows 8.1 machine has only one interactive account - the built-in "administrator" account. It is just an internal file- and media-server without a monitor, which is accessed exclusively through Remote Desktop. I would like to change the "user picture" associated with that built-in admin...

I know it has been reported a few times here and there, but I don't seem to be able to find a definitive answer for this. My Windows 8.1 Pro machine sometimes lists someone's mobile phones in its Network list. They disappear and reappear periodically. Yesterday it was showing a device names...

Thank you, genet, Edwin and everyone else. I followed genet's sequence of steps and it worked perfectly. I did a clean install of Windows 8.1 from USB and then activated it using my key. The key worked without any problems. BTW, after I ran and stopped Windows 8 downloader and then started...

Yes, exactly. (As an additional detail, I would like to use a different system hard drive in the machine with XP. The new hard drive is currently empty. That means that I can't just do a straight upgrade of that machine.)

I know. But according to what I read on the Net, Windows 8 keys do not work with Windows 8.1 media. People with Windows 8 keys have to install Windows 8 and then upgrade to 8.1. The process can be simplified by pre-downloading the 8.1 upgrade media, but it still has to be an upgrade from 8 to...

Well, again, the key point is that I don't have a Windows 8 Pro Upgrade media, so the "Clean Install with Windows 8 Upgrade" articles do not immediately apply. I can make that media, since I have the .iso, but I don't want to. This is the reason I ask this question. I want to use the existing...

I have seen quite a few guides on the Net on how to do a clean install of Windows 8 using Upgrade DVD, but my question is about a [slightly] different issue. I have an unused Windows 8 Pro Upgrade Version key, which I purchased during Windows 8 promotional period. (I also downloaded the .iso...