Windows logon prompt - Enable or Disable

To Enable windows logon prompt

  1. In windows click start run
  2. run regedit search for autologon - and delete

 

To Disable windows logon prompt

  1. Enter an empty password, as suggested in the box.
  2. In 'Control Panel | Passwords | Change Windows Password...', leave the 'new password' boxes empty.
  3. In 'Control Panel | Passwords | User Profiles', check the 'All users of this PC use the same preferences and desktop settings' box.

Reboot, if above does not disable prompt contuinue below.

  1. Make the following registry entries under the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Winlogon: DontDisplayLastUserName="0" DefaultUserName="logon_id" DefaultPassword="logon_password" AutoAdminLogon="1" WARNING!: any user will be able to find out your password just by looking in the registry.
  2. If you aren't connected to any network (including the Internet), go to 'Control Panel | Network' and uninstall all the network clients. Aditionally, if you have TweakUI from Microsoft: In 'Control Panel | TweakUI | Network', check 'Log on automatically at system startup' and enter a username and password in the boxes and in 'Control Panel | TweakUI | Paranoia', uncheck 'Clear last user at logon'.
  3. Run REGEDIT, Goto HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTNTVERSION\NETWORK\REAL MODE NET registry key and delete Autologon = (x) where x = a number. Delete key not the value.

     

     

     

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