Configure Auto Logon
Windows Server 2008 to Workstation Manual
1. In the Start menu click Run and enter control userpasswords2. After clicking OK the User Accounts window will show up.
2. Next click the account you want to login automatically and uncheck Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer checkbox. If you now click Apply it will ask for the password of the user you selected. Enter the password of the selected user twice and click OK. From now on every time you start Windows it will automatically login!
June 15th, 2008 at 22:50
The user I wanted to auto-logon as didn’t have a password, this reg hack worked instead:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\DefaultUserName String %USERNAME&
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\DefaultPassword String %PASSWORD% or blank
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\AutoAdminLogon DWORD 1
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324737
June 21st, 2008 at 18:40
Hello, is there a way to ‘hide’ Administrator from the login screen?
Administrator is always in focus upon boot and I have to click on my name to login as me.. if I hide Administrator, I can just hit ‘enter’ and enter my password..
Thx
Admin: See this topic at the forum how to hide users from the login screen!
June 22nd, 2008 at 3:55
Wow.. thanks Admin!
Admin: You ‘re welcome!
August 13th, 2008 at 12:10
Guys look at Logonexpert tool for windows 2008 autologon it saves password encrypted
September 12th, 2008 at 22:58
logonexpert is nice
October 18th, 2008 at 8:07
When my computer is idling it goes to the Windows Logon screen and shows the current user as “locked” and my downloads are basically stopped along with other ongoing work. How to I make it stay logged into the user?
Arris: Probably that’s the screensaver that is being activated after X minutes and if you press any key the logon screen will be displayed. You can disable this behavior by right clicking your desktop -> Personalize -> Screen Saver -> Uncheck “On resume, display logon screen”. It’s still weird that downloads stop because of this…
October 25th, 2008 at 19:43
I only see username and password boxes on the welcome screen. How do I show the user list selection?
- I have admin and non-admin users
- I disabled “Do not show last logged on user name” in group policy
Arris: If I add some users using the Create a new User Account page, I get a logon screen like this. Don’t know what your logonscreen is different from this one?