Question Auto Login Not Working?

[Oasis Curator]

In Windows 10, I had the PC set so it would automatically login and boot to the desktop without me having to put a password in.

I've had to create a pin in Windows 11 but followed a guide (that said I should set up a pin anyway), then run "netwiz" (or similar) in the Run box and make sure I untick the box that says "users must enter a password".

Pretty sure that's all I did on Windows 10.

However, booted Windows 11 today and it said the password was incorrect. I also had two names in the bottom left corner. The second one asked for the pin, which input in and got in nicely.

I think I had to use a pin as my Microsoft Account as I took the password out in favour of only using the Authenticator app to access my account.
Perhaps I should reverse that and add a password, set up the Windows stuff then delete the password again.
A lot of faff though?

 

[kerberos_20]

In Windows 10, I had the PC set so it would automatically login and boot to the desktop without me having to put a password in.

I've had to create a pin in Windows 11 but followed a guide (that said I should set up a pin anyway), then run "netwiz" (or similar) in the Run box and make sure I untick the box that says "users must enter a password".

Pretty sure that's all I did on Windows 10.

However, booted Windows 11 today and it said the password was incorrect. I also had two names in the bottom left corner. The second one asked for the pin, which input in and got in nicely.

I think I had to use a pin as my Microsoft Account as I took the password out in favour of only using the Authenticator app to access my account.
Perhaps I should reverse that and add a password, set up the Windows stuff then delete the password again.
A lot of faff though?

disable windows hello..pin sign-in for online acount in settings

 

[zesun]

As kerberos_20 said, windows hello should be disabled.

Then run netplwiz and untick the login required. When you ahve to input your login credentials, make sure to use your microsoft account login and not the local account that is created when you install windows (use your email as username, not the name it has auto filled into the username field).

Some time ago microsoft decided to remove this auto login if you have windows hello enabled (also in windows 10), which it is by default and has that stupid "recommended" tag next to it.

 

[Oasis Curator]

I'll try this later.
Tried to avoid the Windows Hello pin thing but the installer wouldn't let me "skip" that part.

 

[Oasis Curator]

So...

Disabled the pin from Windows Hello following a guide online as the button was greyed out.
Apparently you have to "forgot my pin" and then when it asks if you want to set a new one, just click "Cancel" and it's disabled.

Re-ticked the "users must enter a username / password" and clicked "apply" then un-ticked it where it asked for a username/password, I entered my Microsoft account @outlook.com username / password.

Now when I restart, it says it can't log me in as it can't connect to the internet.

I still have two of my name in the bottom left, one asks for my Microsoft account details, of which the password is incorrect (I don't have one as just use the Authenticator app) and the other asks me to set up a pin for windows hello again. Clicking "cancel" again like before was the only way I could get into my PC.

What a mess!

Where do I go from here?

 

[kerberos_20]

So...

Disabled the pin from Windows Hello following a guide online as the button was greyed out.
Apparently you have to "forgot my pin" and then when it asks if you want to set a new one, just click "Cancel" and it's disabled.

Re-ticked the "users must enter a username / password" and clicked "apply" then un-ticked it where it asked for a username/password, I entered my Microsoft account @outlook.com username / password.

Now when I restart, it says it can't log me in as it can't connect to the internet.

I still have two of my name in the bottom left, one asks for my Microsoft account details, of which the password is incorrect (I don't have one as just use the Authenticator app) and the other asks me to set up a pin for windows hello again. Clicking "cancel" again like before was the only way I could get into my PC.

What a mess!

Where do I go from here?

run this command in powershell

$Username ='someusername'
$Pass = 'somepassword'
New-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\PasswordLess\Device" -Name DevicePasswordLessBuildVersion -Value 0 -Type Dword –Force
$RegistryPath = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon'
Set-ItemProperty $RegistryPath 'AutoAdminLogon' -Value "1" -Type String
Set-ItemProperty $RegistryPath 'DefaultUsername' -Value $Username -type String
Set-ItemProperty $RegistryPath 'DefaultPassword' -Value $Pass -type String

replace username and password with yours on first two lines

 

[Oasis Curator]

run this command in powershell
replace username and password with yours on first two lines

Do I replace it with my Outlook.com username and password?
Because it doesn't have a password anymore since I got rid of it in favour of the authenticator app.

Maybe I should see if I can revert to a password, then add it to my PC, then take it off again?

 

[Oasis Curator]

Okay, so I've added a password back to my Outlook account.

Auto login still didn't work.

Will try again with the netwiz.pl and registry.

Still have two "users" in the bottom left, one wants windows Hello, the other I was able to login with my @outlook account.