Make Windows 7 or Vista log in automatically

If you have a computer used for home theatre or gaming, or if you are not worried about people having access to your computer, then you may find the password logon is an unimportant feature.

One method to get rid of the logon is to create user profiles with no passwords. The problem: No access to many types of windows networking.

But there is another way to eliminate Vista’s login: Make it log on automatically…

1. Click Start
2. Enter netplwiz in the search field and press enter
3. Click Continue at the User Account Control window.
4. A user accounts window will open.
5. Highlight your user account.
6. Un-check “users must enter a username and password to use this computer”
7. Click OK.
8. Enter your password when required (or, if you’ve not created a password, leave it blank and click OK).
9. Restart.
   

Now Windows 7 or Vista will log on automatically with your user account; you will have network access (and even admin priveledges if your account is set to administrator) but you’ll never need to enter a windows password.

Be Careful:  This opens a gaping hole your PC’s security - don’t do it if your computer (or the network it is connected to) contains information that needs to be secure. Anyone who has access to your computer will have full control over it and any networked resources.