If you no longer want to have to enter a username or password when starting Windows the 2 options below show how to set Windows to automatically login to a Windows account
Option 1 – Set Autologin via User Accounts
- Open the Registry Editor by clicking the Windows key + R key on your keyboard
- Type in netplwiz and press ok
- The User Accounts Window will now open
- Untick the box that says Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer
- Click Ok
- The Automatically Sign In windows will show. This is where you enter the details of the account that you would like to Autologin at boot
- Enter the Username of the desired user account
- Enter the Password for that account in the password and Confirm Password Window
- Click Ok
- Restart Windows and it should Autologin to the chosen account
Option 2 – Set Autologin via registry
- Open the Registry Editor by clicking the Windows key + R key on your keyboard
- Type in regedit and press Ok
- Navigate to the following location
Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
- Double Click on the AutoAdminLogon Key and change the value to 1
- Click Ok
- Double Click on the DefaultUserName key and enter the username of the account you would like to Autologin. Click Ok
- Double Click on the DefaultPassword Key and enter the password for that account. Click Ok
- Close the Registry Editor
- Restart the computer and it should Autologin to the desired account
Note: If any of the 3 registry keys aren’t present, right-click inside the right pane and select New > String Value, then enter the name as the String Value (e.g AutoAdminlogon). Repeat for any of the strings that aren’t present