Quick Tip: Windows Auto Login

Friday, September 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM UTC

I am not posting a lot about tweaking Windows, so please appreciate this one Laughing

When I have to use Windows I only use it in a VM on my Mac with Parallels Desktop. These machines are just tools to develop with HCL software, so security is something I care less in this setting. I wondered if it's possible to login automatically to the Windows VM - and actually it is.

Open the Registry Editor and navigate to the key as shown in the screenshot.

Then create new String items with the following values

  • AutoAdminLogon = 1
  • DefaultDomain = leave blank
  • DefaultPassword = user's password
  • DefaultUserName = user name

Restart your machine / VM and watch the auto login does it's job.  Grin

 







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