Win 7 Pro Standalone - straight to desktop?

[RabbieBurns]

Is there a way of getting win7 pro standalone to just go straight to the desktop rather than prompt for login details?

[glennda]

i know in xp you can set registry vaules to auto log in some i sure there is one for windows 7 - i will have a look see if there are similar things that can be set on my work pc tomorrow - my home machine is linux!

[geloomis]

Windows Key-R, type "control userpasswords2" without the quotes-I think this is what you are looking for

[RabbieBurns]

Windows Key-R, type "control userpasswords2" without the quotes-I think this is what you are looking for

 

What am I looking for? I unticked the require CTRL+ALT+DEL box but it still doestn autologin

[geloomis]

once you de-select control-alt-delete you then have to choose the user you want the computer to authenticate as and enter the password.

[sted]

http://www.stedscarpics.net/edugeek/autolog.jpg

[geloomis]

yes you have it right-remove the checkmark-remember, the settings will only keep if you are authrnticated as an administrator BEFORE you make changes.