Question Log off and Login

[frusubilam]

I've already used run > netplwiz to disable the login. It works as expected when I reboot. No password prompt. I am the only user.

But if I "log off", it takes me to the lock screen password prompt. So if i want to get in from there, I must enter a password.

But if I instead just reboot the computer from the lock screen option there, I automatically enter windows with no password.

I never saw this behavior before, so how do I stop it from prompting for a password after logging off?

 

[Lutfij]

If during installation you'd input a password for your account, then you'll be met with the prompt pretty much everytime. I don't use a password on my personal system so everytime I boot into GUI, the only thing I see is the welcome screen and then desktop space.

Have a go with this:
https://www.pcworld.com/article/3100057/how-to-remove-your-login-password-from-windows-10.html

 

[onespeedbiker]

If you have not already done so, go to "Sign-in options". There is a drop down menu under "Require sign-in". Chose "never' and see if it fixes your issue.

 

[frusubilam]

Maybe I should be more specific about "log off".

I'm explaining that if I go to the Start Menu, click on this



and get this, "Sign Out",



I am forced to enter a password here



But not when I normally boot/reboot/launch into Windows

Have a go with this:
https://www.pcworld.com/article/3100057/how-to-remove-your-login-password-from-windows-10.html

I've already done that

If you have not already done so, go to "Sign-in options". There is a drop down menu under "Require sign-in". Chose "never' and see if it fixes your issue.

I don't have a "Require sign-in" option in settings.

I have this



and this



So I must create a pasword to get rid of a password prompt?

 

[onespeedbiker]

I use a login password (lock screen), and the option appears to me. The Require sign-in "Never" option does not stop the need for an initial lock screen password, but it does turn it off if your computers comes back from an unattended suspension.

 

[frusubilam]

I use a login password (lock screen), and the option appears to me. The Require sign-in "Never" option does not stop the need for an initial lock screen password, but it does turn it off if your computers comes back from an unattended suspension.

This happened after my upgrade to Win 10 1909. Maybe this is a bug. If my machine goes to sleep or i put it to sleep from the start menu and wakes up, no password is required.

However, if I sign out, and the lock screen comes up, as I mentioned, I must enter a password. But if i choose "sleep" from the power options on the lock screen, when it wakes up, I must still enter a password, unless I reboot, after which and no password is necessary. Weird.

If there's anyone else out there with 1909, can you test this please?