For instance, you may need to put the computer to sleep or restart the computer several times a day and find it tedious to have to enter your password time and again. It is possible to disable this screen by removing your password. However, if you disable the screen on the initial startup, you leave your computer vulnerable to external access. So, it might be worth just disabling it during wake-ups from sleep. Regardless, we have mentioned various ways to perform both operations in this article.
How to Disable Login Screen on Initial Boot?
There are mainly two ways through which you can disable the login screen during the initial boot. You can either use the Netplwiz utility or change some registry entries.
From Netplwiz
The easiest way to disable the login screen after powering up your computer is through the Netplwiz tool. In the later Windows, the option is hidden by default. So, first, you need to modify a certain registry entry. Here is the complete process:
Using Registry Editor
You can also use the Registry Editor to log in automatically to your account. You need to enable the option and create entries for your credentials in the Winlogon registry key for this purpose. To do so,
Remove Password
Even after applying the above methods, you will still get to the login screen after signing out or locking your computer. However, if you don’t even need this layer of security, you can only bypass the login screen by removing your password. Doing so will also remove the login screen when you wake your PC after sleep or hibernate. Here’s one of the methods you can use to remove the password:
How to Disable Login Screen on Wake-up?
If you don’t want to enter the password again after waking from sleep or hibernation, you can apply one of the following methods:
Through Account Settings
The quickest way to disable the login requirement on wake-up is through your account settings. Here’s how you can do so: do so through your account settings. Here’s how you can do it:
Using Local Group Policy Editor
You can use the Local Group Policy Editor to disable this option. Doing so overwrites any changes you make to your setting, so it is a more permanent solution. To change the policy, Restart your PC to apply the changes.
Through Registry Editor
If you are a Windows Home user, you likely don’t have the Local Group Policy Editor on your system. You can use the Registry Editor to change the same configuration in such cases. To do so, Restart your PC to apply the change.
Changing Some Hidden Power Options
Your power options also contain hidden options that enable/disable the login screen during wake-up. Here’s how you can disable the option: