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Questions tagged [autologon]

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Windows 7 Answerfile - Autologon Not Working

I've created a new answerfile for Windows 7 deployments which needs an account to log in automatically so several scripts I've written can do their thing. I read in the Microsoft documentation that AutoLogon requires the AutoLogon component and the…
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Autologin Windows 10 20H2

I have a Windows 10 Pro (32 Bit Version 20H2 Build 19042.789 Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.551.0) computer that runs a weather station and uploads data to several sites. To assure data is uploaded I had the system set to autologin a…
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Windows: Enable autologon for two users

From Microsoft's autologon documentation, it appears only one user can be configured to autologon on startup How to turn on automatic logon in Windows Since the registry entry is made to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and keys are named DefaultUsername and…
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PC Auto-Logon without connected monitor

I'm using a few inexpensive PCs to control some remote equipment. They are running Windows 10 and the scripts start automatically on sign-in. Sometimes, the PCs, may lose power and I want them to auto-logon WITHOUT a monitor connected. At the…
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How to bypass Login-Screen in Windows 10 after standby?

I have a client running Windows 10 Home, and a user without a password that I have setup for automatic logon after boot. This works fine if I completely boot the computer from power-off leading to the user seing the desktop after boot without…
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How can I start an interactive session (desktop) in the background?

Question: How can I start an interactive session (desktop) in the background using e.g. psexec or similar tools ? I would like to later connect to this session using tscon.exe Background information: We got very special security and legal…
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Windows 10 Autologon

I am using the following registry settings on a Windows 10 Ent x64 LTSB 1607 system that are pushed via GPO. The policy applies fine, however the desired effect of automatically logging in does not work.…
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Script to enable autologon for users on a domain won't work unless I run it twice

So I'm having an issue with a script that enables autologon domain users. For some reason I have to run it twice for the option to be enabled on the computer. The Script: @echo off REM Set variables set /p user-name= What is the username? set /p…
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How to log in into a user account that a password with a batch file? Or any other settings?

I think I've seen this before but I've never given it much consideration. I usually do not have a password for my own user account, and it's the default one. I set up an automatic boot on BIOS setup and it does that every morning, and automatically…
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Cannot override Windows 7 Autologon

I am using Windows 7 I have configured my registry to Autologon with Username1 / Password1. Normal / Desired procedure: Computer starts I interrupt the Autologon by pressing the Shift Key The "Press Alt+Ctrl+Del" screen appears I press…
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Force Autologon after boot menu choice without restart

I’m new to this great forum. Ok, I created a boot menu for Windows 7 with 2 options: Normal start and Auto start. When a user selects Normal then Windows starts normally and goes to Ctrl+Alt+Del… And when a user selects Auto then I want the pc to…
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Keep User Instance Signed-in, Signing back in, if signed out

We have a requirement to have an executable running on a specific user's profile to enable our reports to run for some 3rd party software we use. It's fine if the session is 'disconnected'. Auto-boot won't work, as this user account keeps being…
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How can I get the windows AutoLogon password?

I have a computer with configured Auto-Logon. After a restart of Windows it automatically performs a login with a predefined user. I would also like to connect via Remote Desktop to this computer. But therefore I need the password for this specific…
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Windows 10 logon very slow

I have quite quite common but in details very specific problem. Windows 10 machine logon takes minutes. 3-5, maybe even more. I tried to edit and turn off all startup programs I tried to run with only system services I tried without any…
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Why isn’t any Windows 10 Pro autologon method working?

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…
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