What does loggedonsamuser in the system registry and difference between loggedonsameuser and loggedonuser in windows 8.1?

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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\SessionData\2\LoggedOnSAMUser

From the above system registry, what does the LoggedOnSAMUser?

What is the difference between LoggedOnUser vs LoggedOnSAMUser?

When will create both the entries in the registry ?

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I have searched in the forums i didn't got any clue.

Posted 16-Apr-19 18:13pm

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Updated 16-Apr-19 19:39pm

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Christian Graus 17-Apr-19 0:20am

From what I can tell with Google, logged in user was a username, and SAM user had a domain name attached, but they are now the same in Windows 10

Richard MacCutchan 17-Apr-19 3:30am

You would probably get a quicker answer by posting these questions in one of the Microsoft forums.

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