Technical Note: 20011004148

Automatic Login in Windows XP

(Maitre'D 2002, and later versions of Maitre'D)

1. Click Start, and then click Run.

 
2. In the Open field, type control userpasswords2, and click OK.
 

3. Disable the "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer" option, and click Apply.

4. In the Automatically Log On screen, type the password in the Password field, and again in the Confirm Password field.

5. Click OK to close the Automatically Log On screen, and then click OK to close the User Accounts window.

Using the Registry editor

Use the Registry Editor to add your Login information:

 

1- Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.

 

2- Locate the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\WinLogin

3- Using your account name and password, double-click the DefaultUserName entry, type your user name, and then click OK.

 

4- Double-click the DefaultPassword entry, type your password under the value data field, and then click OK.
If there is no DefaultPassword value, create the value. To do this, follow these steps:

a- In Registry Editor, click Edit, click New, and then click String Value.

b- Type DefaultPassword as the value name, and then press ENTER.

c- Double-click the newly created key, and then type your password in the Value Data field

If no DefaultPassword string is specified, Windows XP automatically changes the value of the AutoAdminLogin registry key from 1 (true) to 0 (false) to turn off the AutoAdminLogin feature.
 

5- Double-click the AutoAdminLogin entry, type 1 in the Value Data field, and then click OK.
If there is no AutoAdminLogin entry, create the entry. To do this, follow these steps:

a- In Registry Editor, click Edit, click New, and then click String Value.

b- Type AutoAdminLogin as the value name, and then press ENTER.

c- Double-click the newly created key, and then type 1 in the Value Data field

 

6- Quit Registry Editor.

 

7- Click Start, click Restart, and then click OK.

 

After your computer restarts and Windows XP starts, you can Login automatically.