Motivation:
- You want to enable Windows auto login to save time used to wait for login screen and type your password every day.
- You want to temporarily disable Windows auto login when you are going to be far way from your laptop for a long time.
Solution:
- Open Command Prompt (Admin) and execute the commands below to enable auto login.
REG ADD "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" /v AutoAdminLogon /t REG_SZ /d 1 /f :: /v - Value name. :: /t - Type of registry entry. :: /d - Data. :: /f - No prompting for confirmation. :: REG ADD does not work in .BAT file. REG ADD "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" /v DefaultUserName /t REG_SZ /d YourUsername /f REG ADD "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" /v DefaultPassword /t REG_SZ /d YourPassword /f pause
- Execute the commands below to disable auto login.
REG ADD "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" /v "AutoAdminLogon" /t REG_SZ /d 0 /f :: /v - Value name. :: /t - Type of registry entry. :: /d - Data. :: /f - No prompting for confirmation. :: REG ADD does not work in .BAT file. pause
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