I have setup a Windows 10 Pro computer with local GPO and registry edits that is meant to be used only for internet browsing. So, I configured it with two local user accounts besides the main Administrator account. One that acts as an admin account (fAdmin) and another as a user account for internet browsing (fUser). Both accounts have a password.
I haven’t gotten the fUser to automatically log in even through I’ve used several methods. I keep seeing the user account name and a password box at the login page.
Methods I’ve tried
Netplwiz
In registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\PasswordLess\Device
Set value DevicePasswordLessBuildVersion to 0.
Reboot.
Then inside fAdmin open Netplwiz.
Choose fuser and uncheck “Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer.”
Click OK and type password.
Restart computer and user account fuser still doesn’t login automatically.
Registry (regedit)
In the key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Create or change values to:
AutoAdminLogon (string): 1
DefaultUserName (string): fuser
DefaultUserPassword: the password for fuser
LastUsedUsername (string): fuser
DefaultDomainName (string): Computer name
AutoLogonSID (string): fuser SID
Reboot.
User account fuser still doesn’t log in automatically.
AutoLogon Sysinternals from Microsoft https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/autologon Did not work.
Summary
The only way I have gotten fuser to login automatically is if I reset it’s password with netplwiz program. Is this the only way? I’ve seen other mention that is not the best way for security reasons. So this is not an ideal solution. Is it possible to have a local user account automatically login if it has a password?
