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How to Launch Windows 11 without Password
The password's primary aim is to keep prying eyes away from your computer. If you use a local account, you can bypass the login screen and go straight to your Windows desktop every time you p...
It works on all my 8 machines. I edited the registry, then the tickbox appears in netplwiz. I select a user, tell it I don't want to enter a password to start the machine, it asks for the password, then from then on, switching on the machine makes it automatically log in as the selected user.
sunnyrio I've used it for years but the tickbox no longer appears even after the registry change. Not only am I now forced to use a password, I have had to change it to something more secure. I think this is following a recent Win 11 update.
- I may have done a couple of things differently. Firstly I never ever use that microsoft account crap, I only use a local login. Secondly, my computers have mostly been installed using Rufus (to bypass the monumentally stupid MS requirement of TPM, which hardly any of my machines have). I'm running the latest update AFAIK, winver tells me it's Version 21H2 (OS Build 22000,1696).