| Windows 7: Bypassing Win 7 logon |
11 Sep 2012
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Bypassing Win 7 logon I log on with my Admin account. I added a password and then decided to remove it because of the inconvenience. So far so good.
But when I boot up, I'm presented with a screen showing the two user accounts.
I click on the Admin account and am asked for a password. I don't enter a password (there is none) but click on the right arrow and then Win 7 loads.
What I want is to totally bypass this screen and boot directly into the GUI. | My System Specs |
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11 Sep 2012
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#2 | | 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise Texas |
Hello cma,
You could use the tutorial below to set Windows to log on to your user account automatically at startup. Since you do not have a password, you would just leave the password fields blank. Log On Automatically at Startup
Hope this helps, 
Shawn | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Self built custom OS 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise CPU Intel i7-3930K 3.2 Ghz (O/C 4 Ghz) Motherboard ASRock X79 Extreme11 Memory 32 GB (8GBx4) G.SKILL DDR3 Quad PC3-19200 2400MHz Graphics Card Sapphire HD5870 Eyefinity 6 2GB Sound Card SB Recon 3Di Integrated Chip Monitor(s) Displays 3x 27" Asus VE278Q Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution Mouse Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution PSU OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W Case Thermaltake Level 10 GT Snow Edition Cooling Corsair Hydro H100 Hard Drives 256GB OCZ Vector
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11 Sep 2012
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Shawn, thanks, the first sentence of the tutorial gave me the answer: "If you only have one user account that is not password protected on the computer, then Windows 7 will automatically log on to that account at startup."
So I deleted the unused Standard User Account to solve the problem. | My System Specs | | |
11 Sep 2012
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#4 | | 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise Texas |
You're welcome. I'm glad that it was able to help. | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Self built custom OS 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise CPU Intel i7-3930K 3.2 Ghz (O/C 4 Ghz) Motherboard ASRock X79 Extreme11 Memory 32 GB (8GBx4) G.SKILL DDR3 Quad PC3-19200 2400MHz Graphics Card Sapphire HD5870 Eyefinity 6 2GB Sound Card SB Recon 3Di Integrated Chip Monitor(s) Displays 3x 27" Asus VE278Q Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution Mouse Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution PSU OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W Case Thermaltake Level 10 GT Snow Edition Cooling Corsair Hydro H100 Hard Drives 256GB OCZ Vector
160GB OCZ RevoDrive X2
2 x 1TB Samsung HDD HD154UI SATA Internet Speed 50 Mb/s Download and 2 Mb/s Upload Other Info Microsoft LifeCam Cinema
Lite-On iHBS212 12x BD Writer
Samsung CLX-3175FW Printer
Netgear WNDR3800 Router
Motorola SBG6580 Cable Modem
2x APC Back-UPS XS 1500 |
12 Sep 2012
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#5 | | Win 7 Pro 64-bit 7601 Italy |
Having an admin account without password and logging only with that isn't particularly safe in case you encounter malware. | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number custom built OS Win 7 Pro 64-bit 7601 CPU AMD Phenom 9650 QuadCore, revision DR-B3 Motherboard ASUS M4A78 Memory 4,00 GB Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio Monitor(s) Displays Fujitsu Siemens P19-3P Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024 x 32 bits @ 60 Hz Oh yeah, 4:3 rocks! Keyboard Microsoft, whatever. Mouse Optical, logitec. PSU whatever, around 450w Case Scavenged from old company PC, 10+ years old Cooling CPU fan, GPU fan, case fan, nothing fancy Hard Drives (1) MAXTOR S TM3320613AS SATA Disk Device (2) STM35004 18AS SATA Disk Device (3) TOSHIBA USB 2.5"-HDD Internet Speed effective max speeds: 70-ish kB/s down 30-ish kB/s up Antivirus Avira, free endition. Browser Firefox with FXChrome to make it look like Google Chrome Other Info Was discarded by previous owner due to "horrible performance".
Was running Win Xp from a IDE drive. Yeah. Was a pain.
SATA II drive and Win7 and it zips away! Yay! |
12 Sep 2012
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#6 | | Windows 7 Home Premium Service Pack 1 32-bit Build 7601 |

Quote: Originally Posted by bobafetthotmail Having an admin account without password and logging only with that isn't particularly safe in case you encounter malware. He is correct. If you have administrator account without password then anyone would access, edit and delete your important data. This increase your security risk.
Better create your password and create a password reset disk (which can reset your password in case you forgot your password). | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Acer Aspire One 722 (AO722) OS Windows 7 Home Premium Service Pack 1 32-bit Build 7601 CPU AMD C-50 Processor 1.0 Ghz Memory 2 GB DDR3 RAM (1.73 usable in System Properties) Graphics Card AMD Radeon HD 6200 series Graphics Sound Card High Definition Audio Device Monitor(s) Displays Generic PnP Monitor Screen Resolution 1366 x 768 (recommended) Keyboard Built-in on my laptop Mouse External mouse Hard Drives 320 GB HDD storage
298.09 GB in Disk Management (REAL) Other Info Installed Windows 7 Service Pack 1 by 9/9/2012 |
12 Sep 2012
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#7 | | Win 7 Pro 64-bit 7601 Italy |
Nah, resetting windows password in under 10 minutes is a breeze for anyone that can use google and has physical access to the machine (and trust me, I had to unlock so much computers for guys that had lost their passwords and had no password reset disk). The risk is about malware, a catch-all name for evil programs that you may download (or come to your machine in shady ways. If you are an admin they have full access to anything.
Such evil programs can steal data or cause havok in your system, but the more common just use your computer (and connection) as a drone to launch hacking attacks or redirect less-than-legal traffic.
They are the electronic version of "stolen cars used for a robbery".
Again, antivirus should be able to keep them in check, but if the account isn't an admin and the admin has a strong-ish password, you just closed a pretty obvious attack vector. | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number custom built OS Win 7 Pro 64-bit 7601 CPU AMD Phenom 9650 QuadCore, revision DR-B3 Motherboard ASUS M4A78 Memory 4,00 GB Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio Monitor(s) Displays Fujitsu Siemens P19-3P Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024 x 32 bits @ 60 Hz Oh yeah, 4:3 rocks! Keyboard Microsoft, whatever. Mouse Optical, logitec. PSU whatever, around 450w Case Scavenged from old company PC, 10+ years old Cooling CPU fan, GPU fan, case fan, nothing fancy Hard Drives (1) MAXTOR S TM3320613AS SATA Disk Device (2) STM35004 18AS SATA Disk Device (3) TOSHIBA USB 2.5"-HDD Internet Speed effective max speeds: 70-ish kB/s down 30-ish kB/s up Antivirus Avira, free endition. Browser Firefox with FXChrome to make it look like Google Chrome Other Info Was discarded by previous owner due to "horrible performance".
Was running Win Xp from a IDE drive. Yeah. Was a pain.
SATA II drive and Win7 and it zips away! Yay! |
13 Sep 2012
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Quote: Originally Posted by bobafetthotmail Nah, resetting windows password in under 10 minutes is a breeze for anyone that can use google and has physical access to the machine (and trust me, I had to unlock so much computers for guys that had lost their passwords and had no password reset disk). The risk is about malware, a catch-all name for evil programs that you may download (or come to your machine in shady ways. If you are an admin they have full access to anything.
Such evil programs can steal data or cause havok in your system, but the more common just use your computer (and connection) as a drone to launch hacking attacks or redirect less-than-legal traffic.
They are the electronic version of "stolen cars used for a robbery".
Again, antivirus should be able to keep them in check, but if the account isn't an admin and the admin has a strong-ish password, you just closed a pretty obvious attack vector. Well said...
I just love people who thinks "I need to logon as an admin...". Having her/him watch you cleaning up scareware from their computers and changing their mind about admin logon is priceless... | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom built at Home OS Windows 7 64-bit CPU Intel i5-3350P 3.1 GHz Motherboard Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP5 TH Memory 16 GBs GSkill Sniper Graphics Card Radeon HD 7850 Sound Card VIA HD Audio Monitor(s) Displays Dell U2410 24" Screen Resolution 1920x1200 Keyboard Dell Multimedia keyboard Mouse Logitech Trackball PSU Thermaltake 850W Case Antec P183 Cooling Noctua NH-D14 Heatsink 2 x 120mm fans, 4 x 120mm case fans Hard Drives 1 x Intel 520 240 GBs
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