Windows 10: Turn On or Off User First Sign-in Animation in Window 10

How to: Turn On or Off User First Sign-in Animation in Window 10

How to Enable or Disable User First Sign-in Animation in Windows 10


By default, the first sign-in animation will show animated detailed preparation messages when new users sign-in for the first time, and when a user signs in for the first time after a new build or version of Windows 10 has been installed.

This tutorial will help show you how to enable or disable the first sign-in animation when new users sign in to their account for the first time in Windows 10.

You must be signed in to Windows as an administrator to be able to do the steps in this tutorial.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: Enable or Disable User First Sign-in Animation using a REG File
• Option Two: Enable or Disable User First Sign-in Animation in Group Policy

EXAMPLE: User First Sign-in Animation Enabled and Disabled












OPTION ONE [/i] Enable or Disable User First Sign-in Animation using a REG File
The .reg files below will add and modify the DWORD value below in the registry keys below.

(Group policy key)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

(Default key)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

EnableFirstLogonAnimation DWORD

0 = Disable first sign-in animation
1 = Enable first sign-in animation


1 Do step 2 (enable) or step 3 (disable) below for what you would like to do.

2. To Enable "First Sign-in Animation" in Windows 10
This is the default setting.


A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Enable_User_First_Sign-in_Animation.reg

Download

3. To Disable "First Sign-in Animation" in Windows 10
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Disable_User_First_Sign-in_Animation.reg

Download
4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK.

7 When finished, you can delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.






OPTION TWO [/i] Enable or Disable User First Sign-in Animation in Group Policy
The Local Group Policy Editor is only available in the Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions.

All editions can use Option One above.


1 Open the Local Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc).

2 If prompted by UAC, then click/tap on Yes.

3 In the left pane, click/tap on to expand Computer Configuration, Administrative Templates, System, and open Logon. (see screenshot below)



4 In the right pane of Logon, double click/tap on Show first sign-in animation to edit it. (see screenshot above)

5 Do step 6 (enable) or step 7 (disable) below for what you would like to do.

6. To Enable "First Sign-in Animation" in Windows 10
A) Select (dot) Enabled or Not Configured, click/tap on OK, and go to step 8 below. (see screenshot below step 7A)

Not Configured is the default setting.



7. To Disable "First Sign-in Animation" in Windows 10
A) Select (dot) Disabled, click/tap on OK, and go to step 8 below. (see screenshot below)



8 You can now close the Local Group Policy Editor window if you like.

That's it,
Shawn


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First Sign-In Animation Reset

Is it possible to reset the first sign-in animation for a user on Windows 10? I know, you can disable the first sign-in animation for a user or enable it, but that only works for the first login.

Is there a possibility to reset the animation and play it again on next login by setting or deleting a registry key under HKCU of the user?

Best regards,

Florian

 

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In short, No.I haven't seen an article like this where this could happen.Ten forums has following tutorials related to sign In screen:

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• Sign-in Screen - Enable or Disable Num Lock in Windows 10
• Sign in User Account Automatically at Windows 10 Startup

 

You're most welcome Daniel, and welcome to Ten Forums. *Smile

 

Thanks. That's what i'm looking for and this would be useful at my school, but does it improve login speed a little bit?

 

Hello evildog1, *Smile

Disabling the first sign-in experience saves you a little bit of time for only the first sign-in.

 

Yeah i know and that's why i wanted to disable the animation.

 

With Group Policy, the same can be used in domain group policy isn't it? Any variations from the actual policy?

 

Hello @norb, and welcome to Ten Forums.

I'm afraid that I don't know for domain group policy. Hopefully, someone else may know. *Sad

 

Also, I would like to add that in my windows 10 version 1511 the registry path for the dword value is in the following one:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon not the one mentioned in the recommendation.

 

Thank you norb. The policy setting in the both options of the tutorial will override this setting, but I'll include it in the .reg file to be thorough. *Smile

 

Will this serve any use for a single user account? The screenshots in this tutorial remind me of each major version update (e.g. Anniversary Update --> Creators Update --> Fall Creators Update, etc.), so I wonder if this helps speed up the update process as well.

 

Hello Soyabeaner, *Smile

It's one of those whether you want to see them or not type settings. It won't affect performance any.