Enable Autologon for Windows Server 2008 and Server 2012.
How to Enable Autologon for Windows Server 2008, Server 2012 and Windows 7 Confirmed : I've confirmed that the following procedures also work for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012. Once you join a server to a domain, Windows will automatically delete the AutoAdminLogon value from the HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon registry key. This causes the userpasswords2 control to hide the " Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer " check box shown above. Here's how to get the missing checkbox back and configure Auto Logon: · Open an elevated CMD prompt and enter the following (all on one line): reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" /v AutoAdminLogon /t REG_SZ /d "1" /f · ...