Windows Auto-Login Registry Configuration

⚙️ Windows Auto-Login Registry Setup

Enable Auto-Login While Preserving Password for SSH

Important Warning
⚠️ Registry Editing Risk: Incorrect registry modifications can damage Windows. Create a system restore point before proceeding. This method stores your password in plain text.
Registry Configuration Steps
1 Open Registry Editor
  1. Press Win + R
  2. Type regedit and press Enter
  3. Click Yes when prompted by User Account Control
2 Navigate to Winlogon Key
  1. Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
  2. Expand SOFTWARE → Microsoft → Windows NT → CurrentVersion
  3. Click on Winlogon
3 Modify and Create Registry Entries
  1. Double-click AutoAdminLogon (already exists) and set value to 1
  2. Right-click in empty space → New → String Value
  3. Create DefaultUserName and set to your username
  4. Create DefaultPassword and set to your password
4 Restart Computer
  1. Close Registry Editor
  2. Restart your computer
  3. Windows should auto-login without password prompt
Registry Values to Create
DefaultUserName = [your username]
Replace with your actual Windows username
DefaultPassword = [your password]
Replace with your actual Windows password

Note: AutoAdminLogon already exists - just modify its value to 1

✅ Configuration Complete!

Windows will now auto-login while maintaining password for SSH access