Comments on: Login Automatically on Windows XP Home / Professional

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:11:35 +0000

i stumbled upon this threw google search, i was actually looking how to do the opposite of this example… still got the job done.

thanks for the help

By: mike

mike — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:18:44 +0000

i want to oper new user in administrator please give me advice

By: saraiva

saraiva — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:48:34 +0000

The problem is that I cannot reach the icon desktop. I have tried using the Windows XP CD, but it doesnot work. Please, help.

By: saraiva

saraiva — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:39:14 +0000

I have a serious problem I would like your assistance. I forgot my administrator password and I cannot even reach and see my desktop icons. PC start opening and it stops when the rectangular image appears asking to CTRL+ALT+DEL. Days ago PC was reaching the step where the only thing to do was to insert the password, however now even with CTR+ALT+DEL I cannot reach where I have been asked for the password. How to fix this problem taking into account that my knowledge have finnished.

By: appyface

appyface — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:30:54 +0000

Many of you mentioned you wish to do this with your computer at work or school.

If “control userpasswords2″ did not work, chances are your computer is a member of a domain.

There is another way to set your computer to autologin even if it is a member of a domain, using a change to the windows registry.

Exceptions and Warnings

1. Caveat. Domain controller scripts, group policy and/or other active directory actions on the part of network administrators may simply remove your changes or render them inoperable.

2. More importantly. This change to the registry is NOT SECURE. Your password will be stored in the registry in PLAIN TEXT. Anyone/anything that can gain access to your computer’s registry may easily get your valid userid and password.

3. A final warning. If you do this with your work computer, you may be subject to disciplinary action, including termination of employment, in accordance with your company’s policies.

Registry Change

DO NOT attempt to make changes to the registry if you are not comfortable working in the Windows registry, as you may render your computer unbootable.

Navigate to this branch:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

The following two values should exist. If they don’t exist, DO NOT create them. STOP HERE. Do not use this hack.

1. Change/verify the value of DefaultUserName – this is your userid
2. Change/verify the value of DefaultDomainName – this is your domain where you login

The following value may or may not exist:

DefaultPassword

If this does not exist, create it as the type ’string value’.

Set it to your current password.

NOTE: If your password is changed, also update this value BEFORE you log off, or you may not be able to log back in to your computer.

By: Azz

Azz — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:06:51 +0000

Looks good mate. Hopefully works

By: techlady

techlady — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:28:01 +0000

and if the user accounts window does not have the option to check or remove the check from “users must enter a user name and password to use this computer,” how are we to make a particular user id automatically login?

By: Pam Behrens

Pam Behrens — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:09:15 +0000

I have a computer that has a user ID and password set up on it. How can I by pass this to get into the computer. It was from an apartment where the people were evicted so I can’t contact the people who it used to belong to. Can you help me by pass?

By: maya

maya — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:04:42 +0000

People, please note after you type in “control userpasswords2″ into Run�, you have to select/highlight the username you want to have login automatically. This tip works perfectly, thanks How-to Geek!

By: Greg D

Greg D — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:02:30 +0000

I want to keep a password at work but in XP Pro we have to change it every 90 days. Any way to use just one password and keep it??