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There are plenty of good reasons to auto log in to your computer. For one, with an automatic login, you no longer need to enter your password every day, speeding up the impression of how long it takes your computer to start.
Of course, there are also several reasons not to set up your computer to auto log in. The most important reason is that you'll lose the ability to secure your files from others that have physical access to your computer.
However, if security isn't an issue, we must say that being able to have Windowsfully start, without having to sign in, is pretty handy...and easy to do. It's something you can configure in just a few minutes.
You can configure Windows to auto log in by making changes to a program called the Advanced User Accounts Control Panel applet (which, depending on your version of Windows, is neither an applet nor available in Control Panel).
One of the steps involved in configuring Windows to automatically log in differs depending on which Windows operating system you're using. For example, the command used to launch the Advanced User Accounts Control Panel applet is completely different in Windows XP than in Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, and Windows Vista.
See What Version of Windows Do I Have if you're not sure which of those several versions of Windows is installed on your computer.
How to Automatically Log On to Windows
- To do this in Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, or Windows Vista, enter the following command in the Run dialog box via WIN+R or from the Power User Menu (in Windows 10 or 8), followed by a tap or click of the OK button:A different command is used in Windows XP:You can also open Command Prompt and do the same if you'd rather, but using Run is probably a bit quicker overall. In Windows 10, you can also just search for netplwiz using the search/Cortana interface.Technically, this program is called the Advanced User Accounts Control Panel, but it's not really a Control Panel applet and you won't find it in Control Panel. To make it more confusing, the title of the windows says just User Accounts.
- Uncheck the box next to Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer from the Users tab.
- When the Automatically sign in box appears, enter the username you wish to use for your automatic login.For Windows 10 auto login or Windows 8 auto login, if you're using a Microsoft account, be sure to enter the entire email address that you use to sign into Windows with, in the User name field. The defaults there might instead be the name associated with your account, not your actual username.
- Enter the password used to sign in to Windows, in the Password and Confirm Password fields.
- Tap or click OK.The windows for Automatically sign in and User Accounts will now close.
- Restart your computer and make sure that Windows automatically logs you in. You may catch a glimpse of the sign-in screen, but only long enough to see it log you in without you having to type anything!
Are you a Desktop lover looking to speed up your Windows 8 boot process even more? In Windows 8.1 or later you can make Windows start directly to the Desktop, skipping the Start screen. See How to Boot to the Desktop in Windows 8.1 for instructions.
How to Use Auto Login in a Domain Scenario
You will not be able to configure your Windows computer to use an auto login in exactly the way described above if your computer is a member of a domain.
In a domain login situation, which is common in larger business networks, your credentials are stored on a server run by your company's IT department, not on the Windows PC you're using. This complicates the Windows auto login setup process a little bit, but it's still possible.
Here's how to get that checkbox from Step 2 (instructions above) to appear so you can check it:
- Open Registry Editor which, in most versions of Windows, is most easily done by executing regedit from the search box after you tap or click the Start button.While following the steps below exactly should be perfectly safe, it's highly recommended that you back up the registry prior to making the changes.
- From the registry hive listing on the left, choose HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, followed by Software.If you're in an entirely separate location in the Windows Registry when you open it, just scroll to the very top on the left side until you see Computer, and then collapse each hive until you reach HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
- Continue drilling down through the nested registry keys, first to Microsoft, then Windows NT, then CurrentVersion, and then finally Winlogon.
- With Winlogon selected on the left, locate the registry value of AutoAdminLogon on the right.
- Double-click AutoAdminLogon and change the Value data to 1 from 0.
- Click OK.
- Restart your computer and then follow the standard Windows auto-login procedure outlined above.
That should work, but if not, you may have to manually add a few additional registry values yourself. It's not too difficult.
- Work back to Winlogon in the Windows registry, as outlined above from Step 1 through Step 3.
- Add the string values of DefaultDomainName, DefaultUserName, and DefaultPassword, assuming they don't already exist.You can add a new string value from the menu in Registry Editor through Edit > New > String Value.
- Set the Value data as your domain, user name, and password, respectively.
- Restart your computer and test to see that you can use the auto login without entering your normal Windows credentials.
Is It Safe to Auto Log In to Windows?
As great as it sounds to be able to skip over that sometimes-annoying login process when Windows starts, it's not always a good idea. In fact, it may even be a bad idea, and here's why: computers are less and less physically secure.
If your Windows computer is a desktop and that desktop is in your home, which is probably locked and otherwise secure, then setting up automatic logon is probably a relatively safe thing to do.
On the other hand, if you're using a Windows laptop, netbook, tablet, or another portable computer that often leaves your home, we highly recommend that you do not configure it to automatically log in.
The login screen is the first defense your computer has from a user that shouldn't have access. If your computer is stolen and you've configured it to skip right over that basic protection, the thief will have access to everything you have on it — email, social networks, other passwords, bank accounts, and more.
Also, if your computer has more than one user account and you configure an auto login for one of those accounts, you (or the account holder) will need to log off or switch users from your automatically logged in account to use the other user account.
In other words, if you have more than one user on your computer and you choose to auto log in your account, you're actually slowing down the other user's experience.
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Since insider threats are the most common cause of security breaches, it is important to make sure you know when your users are logging on and off. In order to keep track of these logon and logoff events you can employ the help of the event log.
Here are the steps you need to follow in order to successfully track user logon sessions using the event log:
6 Steps total
Step 1: Run gpmc.msc
Run gpmc.msc
Step 2: Configure Advanced Audit Policy
To configure audit policy, go to Windows Settings ->Security Settings ->Advanced Audit Policy Configuration ->Audit Policies -> Logon/Logoff.
Step 3: Double click on the policies
In the audit policies subcategory, double click on the policies and in the properties tab of Audit Logoff, Audit Logon and Audit Other Logon/Logoff Events select success.
Step 4: Open Filter Security Event Log
Open Filter Security Event Log and to track user logon session, set filter Security Event Log for the following Event ID’s:
• Logon – 4624 (An account was successfully logged on)
• Logoff – 4647 (User initiated logoff)
• Startup – 6005 (The Event log service was started)
• RDP Session Reconnect – 4778 (A session was reconnected to a Window Station)
• RDP Session Disconnect – 4779 (A session was disconnected from a Window Station)
• Locked – 4800 (The workstation was locked)
• Unlocked – 4801 (The workstation was unlocked)
• Logoff – 4647 (User initiated logoff)
• Startup – 6005 (The Event log service was started)
• RDP Session Reconnect – 4778 (A session was reconnected to a Window Station)
• RDP Session Disconnect – 4779 (A session was disconnected from a Window Station)
• Locked – 4800 (The workstation was locked)
• Unlocked – 4801 (The workstation was unlocked)
Step 5: Use Logon ID field for each logon session
To differentiate between multiple users logging into a computer, you can use the Logon ID field which is unique for each logon session. Look for session start time and look up for the next session stop time with the same Logon ID and then you can calculate user’s total session time.
Step 6: Verify user’s logon session time
Here, you can see that VDOCAdministrator account had logged in (ID 4624) on 6/13/2016 at 10:42 PM with a Logon ID of 0x144ac2. Then search for session end event (ID 4634) with the same Logon ID at 7:22 PM on the same day. This clearly depicts the user’s logon session time.
This example shows that you can easily use the event log to track a single logon/logoff event. The process becomes a lot more complicated when you attempt to track multiple scenarios. There are certain scenarios where you will not be able to rely on the event log alone. For example, if a user locks their computer and then experiences a power cut, only a startup event will be recorded. These things should be kept in mind when evaluating user’s session history.
References
- Audit Successful Logon/Logoff and Failed Logons in Active Directory
- LepideAuditor for Active Directory
4 Comments
- Ghost Chiliadrian_ych Jul 14, 2016 at 05:51amIs there a simple way to pipe the output of the logs to a txt or log file instead or in addition of the event logs ?
- PoblanoCorky132 Jul 14, 2016 at 01:40pmI usually add a line to a login script that echo's the date username logonserver computername and a few other goodies to a text file.. it looks something like this: echo %date% %time% %username% %logonserver% %computername% >> someserverlogin$logins.txt (i usually create a hidden share ($) that users have write access to but cannot see.
- JalapenoMoCA111 Sep 1, 2016 at 03:58pmI have been looking for something like this for awhile! Thanks!
- SonoraJose3619 Oct 25, 2017 at 08:50pmthank you, this should be done in the local policy of the domain controller? or should be done in the client level through active directory gpo?