automatically login windows 8 | GeekITDown Computer Services & Technology Solutions https://geekitdown.com Computer Services & Technology Solutions Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:25:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://geekitdown.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/geekitdown-logo-200x200-1-100x100.jpg automatically login windows 8 | GeekITDown Computer Services & Technology Solutions https://geekitdown.com 32 32 How To Login Automatically: Windows 8 https://geekitdown.com/how-to-login-automatically-windows-8/ https://geekitdown.com/how-to-login-automatically-windows-8/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:25:04 +0000 https://geekitdown.com/blog/?p=1661 In the past, as a single user, on a Windows machine, logging in meant simply turning the PC on. Certainly there were methods of forcing the login screen to appear, but that wasn’t the typical setup. In Windows 8, users always see the login screen therefore forcing the issue of actually logging into your profile/account. Here’s how to change that default behavior and avoid the login screen altogether. Bypass the Windows 8 Login Screen At […]

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]]> In the past, as a single user, on a Windows machine, logging in meant simply turning the PC on. Certainly there were methods of forcing the login screen to appear, but that wasn’t the typical setup. In Windows 8, users always see the login screen therefore forcing the issue of actually logging into your profile/account.

Here’s how to change that default behavior and avoid the login screen altogether.

Bypass the Windows 8 Login Screen

  • At the Windows Metro UI start screen, type netplwiz and press Enter or click the netplwiz icon.
    Login Automatically Windows 8
  • A ‘User Account’ window will open. Highlight the account you want to automatically load when Windows starts.
  • Uncheck the box above it titled “Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer.”
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  • Click OK.
  • You will be prompted to confirm the operation by entering your password. Enter your password to complete the change.

The next time you start up Windows 8, the user account you selected will automatically be loaded.

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