Set Windows 7 / Server 2008 R2 and above to autologon

article #885, updated 3290 days ago

  1. Do these in an administrative CMD:
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" /v AutoAdminLogon /t REG_SZ /d "1" /f
control userpasswords2
  1. Uncheck “Users must enter a username and password to use this computer”, click Apply.
  1. Type the username and password, click OK. Use DOMAIN\username if this is not a DC.

The password is stored in the computer in encrypted form.

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