What is Autologon EXE?
What is Autologon EXE?
Autologon.exe is a SysInternals tool that encrypts the password used by Autologon in the registry instead of storing it in clear text. Autologon.exe can be downloaded here https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/autologon.
What is automatic login?
It can seem like a bit of an unnecessary hassle to enter a password every time you use an app or go to your favorite website. For that reason, people have gotten used to using the auto-login feature, which allows you to bypass that pesky stage and load a page immediately that requires a password.
How to auto login in Windows Server 2008?
Next, run the User Accounts control panel by typing control userpasswords2 in the Run command. On the Users tab, uncheck the box “Users must enter a username…” and then add the username and password to autologon with. You may try autologon form sysinternals.
How to configure Windows to automate logon Windows Server?
Click Start, and then click Run. In the Open box, type Regedt32.exe, and then press Enter. Locate the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Winlogon subkey in the registry. Double-click the DefaultUserName entry, type your user name, and then click OK.
How to turn on Automatic Logon in registry?
To use Registry Editor to turn on automatic logon, follow these steps: Click Start, and then click Run. In the Open box, type Regedit.exe, and then press Enter. Locate the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoft[&Windows&] NTCurrentVersion[_Winlogon_] subkey in the registry.
How to enable Autologon for domain-joined Windows servers?
In a previous post I showed how to enable Autologon for workgroup servers and workstations. Once you join a server to a domain, Windows will automatically delete the AutoAdminLogon value from the HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Winlogon registry key.