Not automatically logging me in

TheColdOne

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For a week or so now my laptop has been mysteriously not logging me in automatically. There's no password on my account and guest is turned off, but whenever I turn my computer on it still has me click on my account name/picture to log in (even though it's the only one and it has no password).

Was this in a recent update? Or did I somehow accidentally change a setting I've never seen before?
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell XPS430
OS
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core2 Quad 2.5Ghz
Memory
8GB
Graphics Card(s)
Galaxy GTX 660 GC 2GB
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell 19"
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Hitachi 750GB

Western Digital 500GB
Cooling
Heat Sink + Fans
Mouse
N/A
Internet Speed
14 Mb/s

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
DIY
OS
W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE
CPU
Phenom II 1090T w/Noctua NH-D14 /**4400+ X2 w/CM Hyper TX 3
Motherboard
ASRock 890FX Deluxe 4/**A8N-SLI
Memory
2 x 2GB Patriot PGS34g1600LLKA/**4x1GB Corsair VS
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA GTX460 SC/**EVGA 8800GTS
Sound Card
Asus Xonar D2X/**Xonar D1
Monitor(s) Displays
Acer X233H, Dell E152FPc /**LG M237-WD
Screen Resolution
1920x1080 & 1024x768/**1980x1080
Hard Drives
WDC 2TB, 1.5TB, 1TB, 500GB,Seagate 500GB , Maxtor 80GB /**500GB Seagate & WDC 1TB Black
PSU
CM RS600 w/ APC BX1000G/**Antec 500 TP w/ APC BX1000
Case
HAF922/**Antec 1040IIB
Cooling
3x200mm, 1x140 and 1x120mm/**5x80mm fans
Keyboard
Logitech Media USB/**Saitek Eclipse
Mouse
Cordless Trackman Wheel/**Ditto
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3.3Mbps
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SB 560 5.1 w/ Sennheiser RS140/**Creative T20 speakers, Dvico FusionHDTV7 Gold RT, Cisco E3000, HP 5510V AIO, Linksys E3000, Belkin F5U237 hub and **F5D8055 adapter
(** = 2nd rig)
So DID it come in a recent system update? Because this has only been happening for (maybe) the last week. It used to just log in on it's own automatically when I didn't have a password set for the account.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell XPS430
OS
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core2 Quad 2.5Ghz
Memory
8GB
Graphics Card(s)
Galaxy GTX 660 GC 2GB
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell 19"
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Hitachi 750GB

Western Digital 500GB
Cooling
Heat Sink + Fans
Mouse
N/A
Internet Speed
14 Mb/s

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Samsung NP550P5C-S02IN
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate - 64-bit | Windows 8 Pro - 64-bit
CPU
Intel® Core™ i7 Processor 3,610QM (2.30Hz, 6MB L3 Cach
Memory
8 GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 650M 2GB Graphics, Optimus™ techno
Sound Card
SoundAlive™ JBL 3 Speakers (With sub-Woofer)
Monitor(s) Displays
39.62cm (15.6) SuperBright 300nit HD+ LED Display
Screen Resolution
1,600 x 900, Anti-Reflective
Hard Drives
1TB S-ATA II Hard Drive (5,400RPM)
The guide at seekermeister's link worked, but when it asked for a password for the account I had to leave it blank since... well, there is no password on mt account right now.

Even your link says "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." Which is my situation exactly, but Windows 7 did not log me automatically, even though my admin account is the only account (guest is off and no others exist) and it has no password set. I even tried setting a password, restarting, removing the password, then restarting again, but it wanted me to log in still by just clicking on my account icon. It just bothers me, but at least I can manually set it to log me in automatically as if I did still have a password set.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell XPS430
OS
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core2 Quad 2.5Ghz
Memory
8GB
Graphics Card(s)
Galaxy GTX 660 GC 2GB
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell 19"
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Hitachi 750GB

Western Digital 500GB
Cooling
Heat Sink + Fans
Mouse
N/A
Internet Speed
14 Mb/s
I am having the same problem. did u find out what to do? I did what the forum said to exactly and it still has it. I have another computer off site that needs to access this computer and cant cause it is locked out.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
OS
windows 7
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