Automatic Logon

Slime

Slime

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Hi,

Windows has stopped automatically logging me in and is now pausing at the logon screen as if i've setup a password on my account. I tried fixing it last night by fiddling around with a few things but somehow made it worse. How can I stop it from pausing and make it just automatically log me in?

Thanks :)
 
If you've recently installed the .NET Framework (not sure which version caused the problem), make sure you've run Windows Update to install all of the service packs and updates - this was a little bug that was fixed after a few updates.

If you're up-to-date, then click start > run, type "control userpasswords2" (without the quotes), and uncheck the "users must enter a username and password to use this computer" tickbox. When you click OK you'll be asked for a username and password, type your windows username, leave both password boxes empty (assuming you have no password) and you should be automatically logged in again.
 
PinkPig said:
If you've recently installed the .NET Framework (not sure which version caused the problem), make sure you've run Windows Update to install all of the service packs and updates - this was a little bug that was fixed after a few updates.

If you're up-to-date, then click start > run, type "control userpasswords2" (without the quotes), and uncheck the "users must enter a username and password to use this computer" tickbox. When you click OK you'll be asked for a username and password, type your windows username, leave both password boxes empty (assuming you have no password) and you should be automatically logged in again.
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I'm pretty certain i'm up to date with the Windows Updates. What you've described above is actually what I tried last night, only when it came to the logon screen, it automatically logged me in as "Administrator" and not my personal account so all my personal settings were lost :confused:
 
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