Auto-Login in Windows 7

  2010-09-08      131 words, 1 minutes

• auto-login
• windows

Auto-Login is the feature that automatically enters your login and password when Windows starts.

How?

To enable auto-login in Windows Se7en:

• Start a command line (cmd).
• Enter the control userpasswords2 command.
• Uncheck the Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer option.
• Select the default user and click OK.
• Enter the users’s password.

Done!

Active Directory integration

If the workstation is integrated in a domain, then the option won’t be available. You have to manually create the registry keys:

• Start regedit.
• Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon.
• Fill-in or create “String Value” (REG_SZ):
  • DefaultUserName = the auto-login username
  • DefaultPassword = the auto-login password
  • DefaultDomainName = the auto-login domain name
  • AutoAdminLogon = 1
• Close regedit and reboot.

Remember that auto-login in not a secure option. Use it at your own risks.