Windows 10: Sign in User Account Automatically at Windows 10 Startup

You shouldn't have to do anything other than what's in the tutorial for both a local or Microsoft account in the latest build. *Smile

 

Seems to work now on this PC running Pro? It definitely didn't before. Maybe one of the updates fixed it?

 

There's no telling. *Smile

 

It happened to me on three PC's right after clean installing 10586. One Enterprise and two Pro. Setting up auto logon is one of the first things I do to speed up the reboots you get due to driver installs and windows updates. It's the first time I've seen that logon screen with the double selection for the one user. I won't be doing a clean install again for a while now so who knows.

 

Should the "defaultusername" option in the registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon be blank by default? My username is listed there when I want auto logon disabled.

 

Hello Radical,

That's normal. As long as you have the box checked in netplwiz or have the AutoAdminLogon string value set to 0, it won't auto sign in. *Smile

 

Two names for Logon
I followed the instructions for the Auto Logon using the Netplwiz option, but it did not work because at the logon screen there are two names
At the login screen, I have two names available. First name has my name and the email address while the second name as only my name. The user account shows my name and the email address. I do not have a password for the name only.
In the registry, the same name is indicated for both the DefaultUserName and the LastUsedUsername.
How do I remove the name only?

 

Hello cyclone, and welcome to Ten Forums. *Smile

It sounds like you may not have entered your password correctly in netplwiz for your account. Setup netplwiz again with your password to see if it may help.

 

See my post #7, Sign in User Account Automatically at Windows 10 Startup

 

The user name is the one with the email address but when needed to add the password the user is the name only indicated. I never had a password or an account with the name only. When I reboot, the name only comes up with a statement that it used the wrong password.

 

That's normal for it to only show the user name where you need to enter the password of your Microsoft account in netplwiz. You would need to enter the password of your Microsoft account there.

When you enter the correct password in netplwiz, you will no longer see the second user at startup and incorrect password message.

 

I am sure that the password is correct for the MS account, but the name at logon is not the name for the MS account. So the password is right but the name is wrong. The registry only shows the MS account name, so I do not know where this other name comes from. The other name is my first name only and the MS account name has my first and last name.

 

As a test check the Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer box and apply to clear netplwiz, then try setting up netplwiz again to see if that may help.

 

When I clear the password needed box and then need to put in my password to verify that it is me, it is all over. The verification box that requires the passwords shows the first name only and not the MS email name which is the first and last name.

Is there a way to clear that first name only?

I cannot seem to find anywhere where just the first name appears so it can be eliminated.

 

You will only see the first name in the password dialog, and not the email address.

What happens when you enter the password of your Microsoft account in this dialog like under step 5 in OPTION ONE?