How to log in the system without entering password at startup in Windows 8

How to automatically log in the system without entering password at startup in Windows 8 (PowerShell)

Introduction

This PowerShell script sample shows how to automatically log in the system without entering password at startup in Windows 8.

Scenarios

A Microsoft account user must enter a password or a pin to log in the system when it starts up. Sometimes it seems not very convenient, this script is to log in the system without password when the system starts up.

Script

Step 1: Right click script and select Run with PowerShell.

Step 2: Then enter the current user password, next time you can log in automatically when the system starts up.

Here are some code snippets for your reference.

PowerShell

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#Get user password 
$SecurePassword= read-host -Prompt "Please enter current user password" -AsSecureString
$password = [Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::PtrToStringAuto([Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::SecureStringToBSTR($SecurePassword));
$username = whoami
#Get default domain or computer name
$defaultdomain = ($username -split "\\")[0]
#Get current user name
$defaultuser = ($env:USERPROFILE -split "\\")[2]
#Change registry key values
$path = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon"
New-ItemProperty -Path $path -name "AutoAdminLogon"  -PropertyType string  -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Set-ItemProperty -path $path -name "AutoAdminLogon" -Value 1 
New-ItemProperty -Path $path -name "DefaultDomainName" -PropertyType string -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -name "DefaultDomainName" -Value $defaultdomain
New-ItemProperty -Path $path -name "DefaultuserName"  -PropertyType string  -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -name "DefaultuserName" -Value   $defaultuser
New-ItemProperty -Path $path -name "DefaultPassword"  -PropertyType string  -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -name "DefaultPassword" -Value   $password
Write-Host "Set automatically login successfully when system starts up."


cmd /c pause

#Get user password 
$SecurePassword= read-host -Prompt "Please enter current user password" -AsSecureString
$password = [Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::PtrToStringAuto([Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::SecureStringToBSTR($SecurePassword));
$username = whoami
#Get default domain or computer name
$defaultdomain = ($username -split "\\")[0]
#Get current user name
$defaultuser = ($env:USERPROFILE -split "\\")[2]
#Change registry key values
$path = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon"
New-ItemProperty -Path $path -name "AutoAdminLogon"  -PropertyType string  -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Set-ItemProperty -path $path -name "AutoAdminLogon" -Value 1 
New-ItemProperty -Path $path -name "DefaultDomainName" -PropertyType string -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -name "DefaultDomainName" -Value $defaultdomain
New-ItemProperty -Path $path -name "DefaultuserName"  -PropertyType string  -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -name "DefaultuserName" -Value   $defaultuser
New-ItemProperty -Path $path -name "DefaultPassword"  -PropertyType string  -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -name "DefaultPassword" -Value   $password
Write-Host "Set automatically login successfully when system starts up."


cmd /c pause

Prerequisite

Windows 8 or later version

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