How to enable Autologon in Windows 7 & Windows Server 2008

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Autologon in Windows 7 & Windows Server 2008 ( not recommended though on a server) as in any other version of Windows or even any other operating system allows a user to logon direct into his Windows desktop without having to enter the password. However, this can be possible for only one user on the and multiple user cannot have this feature enabled.

To enable Autologon in Windows 7 & Windows Server 2008,

1. Click Start, search for “control userpasswords2″ and press enter.

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2. Select the user from the list and uncheck “User must enter a user name and password to enter this computer” and click Apply and OK.

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That should do. The next time, when you start the computer, you should be logged straight into your desktop.

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your tip doesn’t work with Windows 7 RC1.

you need to search for “NetPlWiz”
instead of “control unserpasswords2″

then you can do the same thing…

Comment by Tsais on May 10, 2009 @ 4:55 pm

thanks, it really worked. W7 RC.

Comment by Guillermo on August 31, 2009 @ 11:06 pm

your tip doesnt work with windows 7 RTM

Comment by FW on September 1, 2009 @ 7:37 pm

the tip does word on windows 7 RTM if you choose run instead

Comment by Shannon on September 22, 2009 @ 11:22 am

NetPlWiz is good ya

Comment by JP on September 23, 2009 @ 6:43 pm

Another way is to use the “control userpasswords2″ command but just run it in start->run instead, worked on my win7 pro..

Comment by psyco on September 30, 2009 @ 5:31 pm

To get this applet to open on windows 7, just run
“%windir%\system32\netplwiz.exe”

;)

Comment by syndre on October 27, 2009 @ 3:07 am

you can also add the the string “AutoAdminLogon” (value of 1) to your registry at
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]

Comment by syndre on October 27, 2009 @ 3:10 am

“no items matched your search”

Comment by tim on November 14, 2009 @ 10:28 am

Look at this article Windows 7 autologon — it offers many ways how autologon your user

Comment by rsergio on December 3, 2009 @ 5:52 am

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