Wednesday, June 27, 2012

How to enable auto login on Windows 7 & Windows Vista

Problem;
Need/want to enable auto login on Windows 7 or Windows Vista when multiple accounts exist, such as the Administrator account.

Solution;
Perform the following steps to enable auto login
  1. Click Start and type netplwiz in the Search field and then press Enter.  Click Continue when the UAC window appears
  2. In the Window that comes up, uncheck the 'Users much enter a username and password to use this computer' check box
  3. Click Apply
  4. When the next dialog box opens up type the name of the account that you want to enable auto-login my default (if the account does not have a password then leave this field blank)
  5. Click OK and then Exit

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