Windows : Automatic login with domain account

By | August 21, 2012

This tutorial is about automatically login a user on domain with on a Windows 7 workstation.

1. Open the registry editor :

Start > Run > regedit

2. Browse to :

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ Winlogon

3. Turn on the auto logon key :

AutoAdminLogon 1

4. Set the username you want for automatic logon :

DefaultUserName <username>

5. Set password for user :

DefaultPassword <password>

6. Set the domain name :

DefaultDomainName <domain_name>

7. Reboot the computer

*Some values enumerated above may not exist. If so, simply create them as String Value (REG_SZ).