How to Log on Windows Automatically

Fri, 15 May 2009 09:04:33 +0000

To sign up as an administrator to log on your PC is an effective way of protecting your PC from malicious information which intends to steal your important personal information in the form of ID numbers, VISA codes, user preferences and phone numbers. May be sometimes there is no need to log on your Home PC with password each time because you have get rid of all malicious information and your PC stay in being secure. Discussed are two methods for you to edit your way of log on your PC.

Solve the Problem through Edit the Registry Registry Method needs the user to be an advanced in computing because edit registry is a risk for PC. To avoid any mistakes, a full registry backup is quite needed.
Here are the steps:

1. Click Start and go to Run. Type regedit and click OK to launch Registry.

2. Launch HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE on the left side of your registry editor. Expand the folder until you see SOFTWARE folder.

3. Expand SOFTWARE folder till you see Microsoft folder.

4. Expand Microsoft folder till you see Windows NT folder.

5. See CurrentVersion. Expand CurrentVersion folder till you see Winlogon folder.

6. Find out DefaultUserName at the right hand side of your registry editor. If you do, go on to step seven. If you don’t, create DefaultUserName following the instructions below.

a. Right click on the right hand side of the registry editor. b. Select New and then go to String Value. c. Rename the new String Value DefaultUserName. You can also right click on the new string value and select Rename.

7. Double click on DefaultUserName. A box appears to let you modify. 8. Enter your account number.

9. Find out DefaultPassword at the right hand side of your registry editor. If the value is there, go to step ten. If DefaultPassword isn’t there, create the value following these steps. a. Right click on the right hand side of the registry editor. b. Select New and then go to String Value. c. Rename the new String Value DefaultPassword. You can also right click on the new string value and select Rename.

10. Double click on DefaultPassword. A box appears to let you modify.

11. Enter the password.

If there is no AutoAdminLogon entry, create the entry. To do this, follow these steps: a. In Registry Editor, click Edit, click New, and then click String Value. b. Type AutoAdminLogon as the value name, and then press ENTER. c. Double-click the newly created key, and then type 1 in the Value Data box.

12. Exit the registry and restart your PC.
Solve the Problem through System Configuration

1. Click Start, and then click on Run. 2. A small box will appear. In the box type control userpasswords2. Then click OK. 3. Uncheck the box that says “Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer” and then click OK. 4. In the Automatically Log On box type in the user name that you want to automatically log on. Then type the password and type it again in the confirm box. Click OK. 5. Restart your computer.

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How to Log on Windows Automatically