If you want to bypass login screen in Windows 11 or Windows 10, here is how you can do it. There are mainly two methods to get the job done – using Microsoft Autologon and using Registry Editor. Here we have described both methods so that you can use either of them as per your requirements.
Windows 11/10 has re-imagined the lock screen and the sign-in screen as compared to the previous versions of the OS. Turn your PC on and you first see the lock screen with some useful information. You can dismiss the same in order to land on the sign-in page where you can enter your credentials to log in to your account. However, sometimes users do not wish to see on the sign-in page and want to log in automatically depending on the selected domain and type of account (Local or MSA). In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps using which you can bypass the login screen in Windows 11/10, using Microsoft SysInternals Autologon or by editing the Windows Registry.
Bypass Login Screen in Windows 11/10
We have already seen how to turn off Windows login screen and log on automatically using control userpasswords2 or netplwiz. Now let us see how you do this using Microsoft Autologon utility or by tweaking the Windows Registry.
1] Using Microsoft Autologon
Autologon is a lightweight utility offered by Microsoft which can be used to configure Windows’ built-in auto-logon mechanism. Similar to the netplwiz utility, you can save the credentials for any local or MSA account for a given domain name. However, the most important advantage of Autologon is that it encrypts the password before saving it to the registry.
Download the Autologon tool from here and then run autologon.exe file to launch it. Fill in the required information and hit Enable to turn on the bypass password screen mechanism for the selected user account. A message will appear on the screen confirming that the autologon mechanism has been configured successfully.
You can also use the autologon utility through Command prompt using the below syntax:
autologon user domain password
2] Using Registry Editor
Follow the below steps to do so:
1. Create a system restore point first and then press Windows Key + R on your keyboard to launch Run box. Type regedit.exe and hit Enter to open the Registry Editor.
2. Navigate to the following path on the left side pane of Registry Editor.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
3. Now, on the right side pane, double-click AutoAdminLogon and change its value to 1.
After that, you’d need to create a few additional string values for storing your account credentials. Just right-click on Winlogon on the left side pane, select New > String value and create the below strings one by one with their respective values assigned to them. If the string values are already present, you just need to edit the value accordingly.
| String Name | String Value |
| DefaultDomainName | Computer Name (for Local Account) or Domain Name |
| DefaultUserName | Username (as per C:\Users\<Username>) |
| DefaultPassword | Password for the selected account |
Once all the string values are created/edited, just save the settings and exit from Registry Editor.
I have to mention that one drawback of using Registry Editor for automatic login is that your password is stored here in plain text format. Anyone with registry access can see and manipulate it. However, this is not the case while using netplwiz or Autologon. Your password is properly encrypted there and no corresponding entry is made in the registry editor.
How to bypass Windows 11/10 login from login screen?
As described in the article, you can bypass Windows 11/10 login from the login screen with the help of Microsoft Autologon. Apart from that, you can also use the Registry Editor to get it done. In case you want to simple and straightforward method, you can use the application instead of the Windows Registry Editor.
How do I bypass the login screen on my computer?
There are two ways to bypass the login screen on your computer – no matter whether you use Windows 11 or Windows 10. There is a simple app called Microsoft Autologon. You can download and use it to make it happen. However, if you do not want to use a third-party app, you can always use the Registry Editor method.
Hope this tip is useful for you.
