Enable auto sign-in on Windows 10

It's tedious to type my password every time I start my Windows 10 VM, especially since you can't paste a password into the box. I want to set up automatic login.

Following the instructions here I tried to disable the "Users must enter a user name and password" option in netplwiz. But the option isn't there! It should be above the "users for this computer" list. Is there a setting I need to change to allow me to change the setting?

Benjamin Hodgson

Posted 2016-03-02T11:24:14.990

Reputation: 131

Weird. For me, this option is there. Win 10 Prof. Maybe it has to do with permissions, because yours shows Administrators; ... Your guide and also in my netplwiz, it just shows Administrators – TJJ – 2016-03-02T11:32:38.800

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-security/checkbox-does-not-appear-in-user-accounts-netplwiz/2d83d8d4-88b3-484a-941c-b69e68f774dd?auth=1 – malarres – 2016-03-02T11:34:21.513

^ follow that to see if you can make appear the checkbox – malarres – 2016-03-02T11:34:43.687

@malarres I don't see "Reset Security Policies" in the control panel either. – Benjamin Hodgson – 2016-03-02T11:38:47.400

Answers

It was because my VM was part of a domain (an organization in Windows 10 parlance). Removing the machine from the domain ("disconnecting from the organization") made the checkbox reappear and allowed me to enable auto-login.

Benjamin Hodgson

Posted 2016-03-02T11:24:14.990

Reputation: 131

You can use Autologon.exe (sysinternals tool) or using registry keys:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"AutoAdminLogon"="1"
"DefaultDomainName"="DOMAINNAME"
"DefaultUserName"="USERNAME"
"DefaultPassword"="PASSWORD"

Extracted from: http://www.sysadmit.com/2016/01/windows-configurar-autologin.html

Nimblewin

Posted 2016-03-02T11:24:14.990

Reputation: 19