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Here is something that can speed up your Windows login.\u00a0 It’s called\u00a0auto-login and you may already be using it. It is the default setting on a Windows machine with just one configured user account.<\/p>\nHere is something that can speed up your Windows login.\u00a0 It’s called\u00a0auto-login and you may already be using it. It is the default setting on a Windows machine with just one configured user account.<\/p>\n
When you boot Windows, it has the ability to automatically login with user credentials that have been preset.\u00a0 To make these settings, click Start, Run and type<\/p>\n
control userpasswords2<\/p>\n
This will open the User Accounts window.\u00a0 Uncheck the box in front of “Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer.”<\/p>\n
As soon as you click OK, you will be prompted for the user credentials to use for auto-login.\u00a0 Enter your username and password.\u00a0 The next time your computer reboots, it will automatically login using this user account and password.<\/p>\n
This is an efficiency tip I don’t use very often.\u00a0 To me, it is more important to have a secure computer where someone cannot get to the files without knowing a username and password.\u00a0 Good security is rarely efficient.<\/p>\n
I have a computer that is a build-it-yourself Tivo that I use to record television so that I can watch programs on my computer.\u00a0 I have login scripts that handle the scheduling of what gets recorded.\u00a0 I setup auto-login on this machine because it gets rebooted a lot and does not\u00a0have a keyboard, mouse or monitor.\u00a0 Any configuration is done via VNC.\u00a0 The auto-login is useful on a machine like this.<\/p>\n
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Here is something that can speed up your Windows login.\u00a0 It’s called\u00a0auto-login and you may already be using it. It is the default setting on a Windows machine with just one configured user account. When you boot Windows, it has … Continue reading