Passwords are there to prevent unauthorized use of your computer. Only those who know the password are able to access the computer. However, if the customer is always in your custody without anyone else having physical access to it then you can set Windows 7 to login automatically without asking for the password. For computers running in a home environment, you can easily change the setting via the User Account wizard. For computers connected to domain, a registry setting will need to be modified, see the second method for Editing Registry below.
Through Advanced User Account Window
This method applies to all computers that are not part of domain network, such as Home Computers.
Hold the Windows Key and Press R. Type netplwiz in the run dialog and Click OK.
User Accounts dialog will open.Under Users for this computer, highlight the user on which you want to configure automatic log in and uncheck the box besides “users must enter a username and password to use this computer” and click Apply.
Automatically Log On dialog will appears. Enter the password for the account and click OK. If there is no password setup, then leave it as it is and click OK.
For Computers Connected to a Domain
If you are on a domain network, then the method above will not apply to you. This is because usernames and passwords are assigned by the Active Directory therefore in order to login without entering a password in a domain environment you will need to modify registry. To do this, follow the steps below:
Hold Windows key and Press R. Type regedit in the run dialog and Click OK. Registry Editor Window will open.
Browse to the following path
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
With Winlogon highlighted in the left pane, locate AutoAdminLogon key in the right pane. Right click on AutoAdminLogon and click Modify and change the value to 1.
Now reboot PC and follow the User Account Password Wizard method above. If this still won’t work, then go back to Registry Editor and navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon.
With Winlogon selected in the left pane, Right click on an empty space in the right pane and look for value called DefaultDomainName if it does not exists, then click New > String Value and Name it DefaultDomainName.
Right click on DefaultDomainName and click Modify. Under Value data type in your domain’s name and Click OK. Similarly create a DefaultUserName string value with your username as Value data and DefaultPassword string value with your current password as Value data.
Now re-check if the Value data of AutoAdminLogon is 1. If not so, change it to 1. Now restart your system and you should be able to log in automatically.
If you don’t know what your username and domain name is, right click here and save the file to your desktop, then double click on info.bat – After you run the bat file, a new file called logindetails.txt will be created in C:\. Open it, and you will see your username in line 1 and domain name in line 2. The only thing to remember here is that you will have to change the Value data for DefaultPassword every time you change your password.
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