1. Open the alternate User Accounts window (described at the beginning
of this chapter) by opening the Start menu, typing control
userpasswords2 in the Search box, and pressing Enter.
2. Select from the list the username you??™d like to be your primary login,
and then turn off the Users must enter a username and password to use
this computer option.
3. The Automatically Log On dialog will appear, prompting you to enter
(and confirm) the password for the selected user.
4. Click OK when you??™re done. The change will take effect the next time
you restart your computer.
Note that these steps won??™t affect your ability to log out and then log in to
another user account (see the next topic if that??™s what you??™re after). Furthermore,
this is not a temporary setting; if you log out and then log back in,
you??™ll be logged in automatically the next time you restart Windows.
Prevent users from bypassing the automatic login
Automatic logins are also good for machines you wish to use in public environments
(typically called ???kiosks???), but you??™ll want to take steps to ensure
that a visitor can??™t log in to a more privileged account. There are two ways
for a user to skip the automatic login and log in to another user account:
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??? Hold the Shift key while Windows is logging in.
??? Once Windows has logged in, log out by selecting Log Off from the
Start menu or pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del and selecting Log Off.
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