Cannot disable login screen - Windows 10 Pro x64

My problem is whenever I start/restart Windows, am greeted with a login screen with a tab for user name and another for a password. I do not have a Microsoft account and never used a password when Windows was installed. The odd thing is that the welcome screen (before the login screen appears) says 'other user'. I used another name when installing Windows so I don't get it.

I tried many suggestions online, including registry hacks, the netplwiz trick, etc etc. Basically I need to just input the name I created when Windows was first installed and then am in, but it's a pain having to do that all the time.

Worth noting is I created a shrunken version using NTLite so it may have screwed up things a bit? I have Windows 10 Pro x64.

Thanks in advance

There used to be a process where you could run the command control userpasswords2 and set it for auto login for a particular user.

EDIT : Uh oh, showing my age. That's the old school option for the netplwiz, which you appeared to have tried.

xectis said:

My problem is whenever I start/restart Windows, am greeted with a login screen with a tab for user name and another for a password. I do not have a Microsoft account and never used a password when Windows was installed. The odd thing is that the welcome screen (before the login screen appears) says 'other user'. I used another name when installing Windows so I don't get it.

I tried many suggestions online, including registry hacks, the netplwiz trick, etc etc. Basically I need to just input the name I created when Windows was first installed and then am in, but it's a pain having to do that all the time.

Worth noting is I created a shrunken version using NTLite so it may have screwed up things a bit? I have Windows 10 Pro x64.

Thanks in advance

See if this helps: “Use my sign in info to automatically finish setting up my device and reopen my apps after an update or restart“.

Also: Settings, Accounts, Sign-in-options:

While it makes Windows noticeably faster, it also breaks it. You can get BSOD like critical process died and such. Everything is interconnected. Rather than using NTlite it is better to disable/remove it afterwards, like:

Code:

takeown /s %computername% /u %username% /f "%WinDir%\System32\smartscreen.exe"
icacls "%WinDir%\System32\smartscreen.exe" /grant:r %username%:F
taskkill /im smartscreen.exe /f
del "%WinDir%\System32\smartscreen.exe" /s /f /q

Hello @xectis,
Welcome to TenForums.

xectis said:

On the first line I should add my computer and user name where it says %computername% /u %username%. Correct?. And it is just one whole command line or I should do it line by line?

No.

If you type [ Copy & Paste ] the following into a CMD Prompt and press Enter, you will see the results . . .

echo %ComputerName%
echo %Username%

They are Environment Variables and will return the ACTUAL values.

There are FOUR separate Lines.

I hope this helps.