Hello, I'm using Windows 7 Rtm 64 bit. I have this problem: I've used "control userpasswords2" to avoid having to enter my password at each logon. Trouble is, this setting gets reset very often, and when I restart the system I have to enter the password again. If I check with "control userpasswords2", the checkbox I had unchecked is checked again. What can be causing this? Is there a way to monitor a related registry key and discover what's resetting it? EDIT: I think it gets resets each time the pc wakes up from sleep. Any help?

Hi Cooperdale, If the issue only occurs after waking up from sleep, the issue can be caused by the Power Options settings. Let's try the suggestions below to see if the issue can be resolved. 1. Please go to Start, click Control Panel and then click "Power Options". 2. Click "Require a password on wakeup" on the left pane. 3. Choose "Don't require a password" under "Password protection on wakeup" and then click "Save changes" button. If the settings cannot be changed, please click "Change settings that are currently unavailable". In addition, if you would like to log on to Windows without using a password when starting up the computer, we can remove the user account password by the steps below: 1. Go to Control Panel, click User Accounts. 2. Click Remove your password. 3. Type the current password and then click Remove Password button. Once the password is removed, please go to "control userpasswords2" to remove "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer" option. Thanks, Linda

Hi Cooperdale, If the issue only occurs after waking up from sleep, the issue can be caused by the Power Options settings. Let's try the suggestions below to see if the issue can be resolved. 1. Please go to Start, click Control Panel and then click "Power Options". 2. Click "Require a password on wakeup" on the left pane. 3. Choose "Don't require a password" under "Password protection on wakeup" and then click "Save changes" button. If the settings cannot be changed, please click "Change settings that are currently unavailable". In addition, if you would like to log on to Windows without using a password when starting up the computer, we can remove the user account password by the steps below: 1. Go to Control Panel, click User Accounts. 2. Click Remove your password. 3. Type the current password and then click Remove Password button. Once the password is removed, please go to "control userpasswords2" to remove "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer" option. Thanks, Linda Hello, thanks. Actually I've done all those steps already, those are the normal steps. The situation is this: after undertaking all those steps, I still get asked for a password each time I restart the pc. Mind you, it doesn't happen when I wake the pc, only when it shuts down and restarts. The auto-logon setting gets reset during a session, I don't know exactly when it happens but if I uncheck "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer", use the pc for a few hours and then do "control userpasswords2" again, the box is checked again, as if I had never unchecked it.

Let's try to modify the registry key to see if the issue can be resolved. Note: Please refer to How to back up and restore the registry in Windows first to back up the registry key. 1. Click Start, type regedit, right click on the "regedit" and then click Run as administrator. 2. Locate the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon 3. Using your account name and password, double-click the DefaultUserName entry, type your user name, and then click OK. 4. Double-click the DefaultPassword entry, type your password under the value data box, and then click OK. - If there is no DefaultPassword value, create the value. To do this, follow these steps: - In Registry Editor, click Edit, click New, and then click String Value. - Type DefaultPassword as the value name, and then press ENTER. - Double-click the newly created key, and then type your password in the Value Data box. 5. Double-click the AutoAdminLogon entry, type 1 in the Value Data box, and then click OK. - If there is no AutoAdminLogon entry, create the entry. To do this, follow these steps: - In Registry Editor, click Edit, click New, and then click String Value. - Type AutoAdminLogon as the value name, and then press ENTER. - Double-click the newly created key, and then type 1 in the Value Data box. Please restart the computer and see if the issue can be resolved. However, if the issue persists, it is possible certain software changes the settings in the system. Let's disable all startup items and third party services when booting. This method will help us determine if this issue is caused by a loading program or service. Please perform the following steps: 1. Click the Start Button type "msconfig" (without quotation marks) in the Start Search box, and then press Enter. Note: If prompted, please click Continue on the User Account Control (UAC) window. 2. Click the "Services" tab, check the "Hide All Microsoft Services" box and click "Disable All" (if it is not gray). 3. Click the "Startup" tab, click "Disable All" and click "OK". Then, restart the computer. When the "System Configuration Utility" window appears, please check the "Don't show this message or launch the System Configuration Utility when Windows starts" box and click OK. Please test this issue in the Clean Boot environment, if the issue disappears in the Clean Boot environment, we can use a 50/50 approach to quickly narrow down which entry is causing the issue. In the meantime, could you please help to clarify the following questions? - How many users are there in Windows 7? - Could you please let me know your exact purpose? Are you trying to logon Windows automatically after logging off the user or shutting down and then restarting the machine? - Have you tried to delete the password of the user account as mentioned in my previous post? Hope this helps. Regards, Linda

Hey thanks for all your great suggestions. Actually I had created a .reg file just to change that particular registry key (AutoAdminLogon) and set it to 1. Using a batch file to restart the system, I was able to run the reg file before the restart. I wasn't satisfied with this fix though, so I used a technique similar to what you suggested, but instead of using a selective restart I used the SysInternals utility Process Monitor to check that particular registry key. Turns out a software which I installed fairly recently (AutoShutdownManager) changes the key to 0 each time its related service starts. So I will now contact the support team for this software and let them know. EDIT: it was a problem with a particular development version of the software, updating it solved everything. Thanks for all your help!

Iif you are using Windows 7 it is s easy Click CRTL+ALT+DEL then click on CHANGE PASSWORD Type in your OLD PASSWORD Click on password then click enter That's all