Logon Preferences

Description:

Many times, network administrators will have to modify Windows Logon screens and behaviors. In a domain environment, try to choose gpedit.msc (Group Policy Editor) over secpol.msc (Local Security Policy) because gpedit is a Local Group Policy Editor with the top-level Local Group Policy object open for editing. Gpedit works with Ultimate and Professional editions of Windows. Here are some common examples of logon preferences:

To Not Display Last User Logged On:

1. Search => cmd => right click => “run as administrator” .

2. Type secpol.msc.

3. Navigate to Local Policies\Security Options.

4. Navigate to “Interactive Logon: Do Not Display Last User Name = Enabled”.

To Not Display CTRL+ALT+DEL To Logon:

1. Search => cmd => right click => “run as administrator” .

2. Type secpol.msc.

3. Navigate to “Local Policies\Security Options”.

4. Navigate to “Interactive Logon: Do Not Require CTRL+ALT+DEL to Logon = Enabled”.

To Enable Classic Logon (Doesn’t Work for a Domain):

1. Run => gpedit.msc

2. Navigate to Local Computer Policy\Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Logon

3. Navigate to “Always use Classic Logon = Enabled”.

To Enable Auto-Login:

1. Run => regedit

2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

3. Double-click the DefaultUserName entry, type your user name, and then click OK.

4. Double-click the DefaultPassword entry, type your password, and then click OK. NOTE: If the DefaultPassword value does not exist, it MUST be added. To add the value, follow these steps:

   • Edit => New => String Value. Type DefaultPassword. Set it’s value to your password.
   • If no DefaultPassword string is specified, Windows automatically changes the value of the AutoAdminLogon key from 1 (true) to 0 (false), disabling the AutoAdminLogon feature.

5. Edit => New => String Value. Type AutoAdminLogon, set it’s value to 1.

6. Exit regedit and reboot your computer.