There are plenty of good reasons to auto log in to your computer. For one, with an automatic login, you no longer need to enter your password every day, speeding up the impression of how long it takes your computer to start.
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Of course, there are also several reasons not to set up your computer to auto log in. The most important reason is that you'll lose the ability to secure your files from others that have physical access to your computer.
However, if security isn't an issue, we must say that being able to have Windowsfully start, without having to sign in, is pretty handy..and easy to do. It's something you can configure in just a few minutes.
You can configure Windows to auto log in by making changes to a program called the Advanced User Accounts Control Panel applet (which, depending on your version of Windows, is neither an applet nor available in Control Panel).
One of the steps involved in configuring Windows to automatically log in differs depending on which Windows operating system you're using. For example, the command used to launch the Advanced User Accounts Control Panel applet is completely different in Windows XP than in Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, and Windows Vista.
See What Version of Windows Do I Have if you're not sure which of those several versions of Windows is installed on your computer.
How to Automatically Log On to Windows
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Are you a Desktop lover looking to speed up your Windows 8 boot process even more? In Windows 8.1 or later you can make Windows start directly to the Desktop, skipping the Start screen. See How to Boot to the Desktop in Windows 8.1 for instructions.
![]() How to Use Auto Login in a Domain Scenario
You will not be able to configure your Windows computer to use an auto login in exactly the way described above if your computer is a member of a domain.
In a domain login situation, which is common in larger business networks, your credentials are stored on a server run by your company's IT department, not on the Windows PC you're using. This complicates the Windows auto login setup process a little bit, but it's still possible.
Here's how to get that checkbox from Step 2 (instructions above) to appear so you can check it:
That should work, but if not, you may have to manually add a few additional registry values yourself. It's not too difficult.
Is It Safe to Auto Log In to Windows?
As great as it sounds to be able to skip over that sometimes-annoying login process when Windows starts, it's not always a good idea. In fact, it may even be a bad idea, and here's why: computers are less and less physically secure.
If your Windows computer is a desktop and that desktop is in your home, which is probably locked and otherwise secure, then setting up automatic logon is probably a relatively safe thing to do.
On the other hand, if you're using a Windows laptop, netbook, tablet, or another portable computer that often leaves your home, we highly recommend that you do not configure it to automatically log in.
The login screen is the first defense your computer has from a user that shouldn't have access. If your computer is stolen and you've configured it to skip right over that basic protection, the thief will have access to everything you have on it — email, social networks, other passwords, bank accounts, and more.
Also, if your computer has more than one user account and you configure an auto login for one of those accounts, you (or the account holder) will need to log off or switch users from your automatically logged in account to use the other user account.
In other words, if you have more than one user on your computer and you choose to auto log in your account, you're actually slowing down the other user's experience.
When you start Windows 10/8/7, you are asked to enter your password to be able to log in. This is to protect your Windows PC from unauthorized access. But if you are the only person to use the PC and if you do not wish to be asked for the password every time, you may get rid of this process and log on directly and automatically into Windows, without entering a password.
Automatically log in to Windows 10
To turn off Windows login screen & log on automatically to Windows, do the following
Open the Run box, type control userpasswords2 or netplwiz and hit Enter to bring up the User Accounts window.
Uncheck Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer and click Apply > OK.
Stop Auto Login Windows 7
This brings up a window where you may be asked to enter the password for your account. If the account is a local account and does not have any password, just leave it blank.
Restart your computer.
Once you have done this you will find that you will be able to log on automatically to your Windows computer, without seeing the login screen and having to enter your password or credentials.
See this post if Windows 10 auto login is not working.
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I know how i can disable auto logon in windows 7 by using
netplwiz , but is there a way ( possibly a keyboard combination pressed during startup ) that will prevent autologon only for this one boot?
lordvladlordvlad
2 Answers
Hold down the shift key while the machine starts.
You may need a hotfix for this to work, support.microsoft.com/kb/977534
Bypass Auto Login Windows 7fixer1234
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If you alternate right - left shift keys very quickly well Windows is booting it will bypass the auto log on and take you to a log on screen.
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