Windows Autologon

Sometimes it is helpful to have a Windows machine perform an automatic login upon start-up. How to enable this is different for Windows XP and Windows Vista.

(I know there are other ways to do this, but that's the way i do it...)

Windows XP:

• The account you want to auto login must have a password set.
• Edit the registry keys below in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
• DefaultUserName (REG_SZ)
• DefaultPassword (REG_SZ)
• AutoAdminLogon (REG_SZ) 1=autologon aktive, 0=disabled

Windows Vista:

• Click on the Start button and type in ‘netplwiz‘. This will open the Advanced User Accounts menu
• In the 'Users' tab, highlight the account you want to login to Vista automatically, and then untick ‘must enter a username and password to use this computer’
• Click on ‘Apply’. A new window will now popup asking you to enter the password of the account you’ve just highlighted.
• Do this, and then click ‘Ok’
• Click ‘Ok’ on the Advanced User Accounts menu to finish