While both Windows Vista and 7 have obvious advantages over Windows XP, especially with regards to their ease-of-use, there are occasions that can arise where you may have to smack your head and wonder what went through Microsoft’s collective minds during development. In an article I wrote earlier this year entitled, ““, I summed up most of my personal gripes against the OS. Of all the items mentioned there, the one that has personally affected me in the worst way ever since Vista’s launch is the process of automatically logging into a user at boot. During the XP days, I never encountered problems with having this work, thanks in part to the useful TweakUI utility, but with both Vista and 7, the process can at times be a bit more complicated. It’s not so much the fact that it’s harder to create an auto-logon for either Vista or 7, but the chance of experiencing a brutal side-effect seems to be far greater. Over the past couple of years, I’ve been related to auto-logons more than once, and on more than one PC. This includes an incident that occurred.

Do I have bad luck? I’m not sure, but one thing I do know is that I’m not alone. If you search Google for anything related to the Administrator account or auto-logons, there will be no shortage of content. I considered the incident last weekend to be sort of a last straw, and instead of continuing to become flustered with that issue and others like it, I decided to produce this quick article in hopes that it will aide those who run into similar issues down the road.

How to turn on automatic logon in Windows. Other users can start your computer and use the account that you establish to automatically log on. Configuring Windows to auto login is easy. If security is not a concern, you can set up Windows to automatically login to your account. Windows Vista does not have the classic logon screen. Hide a single user account from the Welcome Screen. Device Ntpnp_pci0025 Driver. Disable the Welcome Screen by enabling automatic login. Windows 7 Configure a User Account to Log On Automatically on. If a user account automatically logs. Computer is physically secure and automatic logon might be.

Because the auto-logon and Administrator account can be tied together into the same issue, I’m covering both aspects here. Whether you want to simply create an auto-logon or find yourself locked out of an Administrator account, this article should help you get back into your PC smoothly. I’d also like to note that I might not be covering all of the methods of being able to accomplish these tasks, but generally speaking, these should work for you. If not, or if there’s another method that you know of that should be mentioned, please let us know. Creating an Auto-Logon in Windows Vista & 7 – Method #1 For the most part, creating an auto-logon is easy, requiring only a few steps. The first one is to log into the account with Administrator access that you want to create the auto-logon for, and then load up the “Run” line by hitting Windows Key + R. Alternatively, you could enter “run” into the Start Menu search box and access it there.