ewelin
Sep 01, 2009, 01:22 PM
Automatic logins are not for everyone. Using this feature in windows leaves your password in the registry un-encrypted. You need to think carefully before you do it.
To force windows to login you need to drill down to this registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
In that key there are four values that are important:
AutoAdminLogon - A string value. Yes a string value. That is set to 0 or 1. If the value is 1, then the next time windows boots it will attempt to login with the credentials provided in the values shown below.
DefaultUserName - Username used to automatically login with.
DefaultPassword - Password used to automatically login with. Careful here. This is left in the registry unencrypted and easily read by anyone with an administrator account
DefaultDomainName - The domain name used when automatically logging in. Set to the name of the current computer name if the machine is not joined to a domain.
Alternatively, the developers at IntelliAdmin have created a handy freeware tool to adjust these registry settings.
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Click Here (http://www.intelliadmin.com/WindowsAutoLogin.exe) to download it and make sure you run it as administrator, and it does work with 2000, XP and Vista.
Source: IntelliAdmin - Automatic Login to Windows (http://www.intelliadmin.com/blog/2006/11/automatic-login-to-windows-xp-and.html)
To force windows to login you need to drill down to this registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
In that key there are four values that are important:
AutoAdminLogon - A string value. Yes a string value. That is set to 0 or 1. If the value is 1, then the next time windows boots it will attempt to login with the credentials provided in the values shown below.
DefaultUserName - Username used to automatically login with.
DefaultPassword - Password used to automatically login with. Careful here. This is left in the registry unencrypted and easily read by anyone with an administrator account
DefaultDomainName - The domain name used when automatically logging in. Set to the name of the current computer name if the machine is not joined to a domain.
Alternatively, the developers at IntelliAdmin have created a handy freeware tool to adjust these registry settings.
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Click Here (http://www.intelliadmin.com/WindowsAutoLogin.exe) to download it and make sure you run it as administrator, and it does work with 2000, XP and Vista.
Source: IntelliAdmin - Automatic Login to Windows (http://www.intelliadmin.com/blog/2006/11/automatic-login-to-windows-xp-and.html)