Automatically log on to Windows

Time Required: 1 Minute, 5 Minutes, 10 Minutes, 15 Minutes

Notes: This is a nice tweak if you would like to increase your boot time. Please note that it decreases security (because it automatically enters the password, and your password is clearly visible in the registry key).

Warnings: This is dangerous if you do not know what you are doing. I do not take responsibility for anything that you do to your computer that harms it or any files on it in any way.

Written By: Max Feinstein

How to do it:

• Navigate to Start > Run and click on Run.
• In the input field, type "regedit" and then press enter.
• Navigate to the following key in the registry by clicking on the +'s next to the folders in the left pane (see picture below)
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows NT/CurrentVersion/Winlogon
• Right-click a blank space in the right-hand pane and go to New > String.
• Name the new String "DefaultUserName".
• Double click the new String.
• Right-click a blank space in the right-hand pane and go to New > String.
• Name the new String "DefaultPassword".
• Double click the new String.
• For the value, enter the password for the username that you used for "DefualtUserName".
• Right-click a blank space in the right-hand pane and go to New > String.
• Name the new String "AutoAdminLogon".
• Double click the new String.
• For the value, enter "1".
• Close regedit.

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Regedit's left-hand pane.