Chris Pirillo » vista-uac http://chris.pirillo.com News and Reviews! Geek, Internet Entrepreneur, Hardware Addict, Software Junkie, Book Author, Once TV Show Host, Technology Enthusiast, Shameless Self-Promoter, Tech Conference Coordinator, Early Adopter, Idea Evangelist, Tech Support Blogger, Bootstrapper, Media Personality, Technology Consultant, Thicker Quicker Picker Upper. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:38:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Automatic Login for Windows Vista http://chris.pirillo.com/automatic-login-for-windows-vista/ http://chris.pirillo.com/automatic-login-for-windows-vista/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:49:22 +0000 Chris Pirillo http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/10/02/automatic-login-for-windows-vista/

Automatic Login for Windows Vista

Chris | Live Tech Support | Video Help | Add to iTunes http://live.pirillo.com/ – I decided to give Vista another go, and reinstalled it on my computer, along with SP1. Being a fresh install, I had to go through and set everything up the way I had it before, including the way Vista logs me [...]

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http://live.pirillo.com/ – I decided to give Vista another go, and reinstalled it on my computer, along with SP1. Being a fresh install, I had to go through and set everything up the way I had it before, including the way Vista logs me in.

I want Vista to automatically log me in each time I start the computer up. I wasn’t sure how to do this, so I went to Google. One of the first hits I came across actually linked back to our Lockergnome.com blogging network. Thankfully, this isn’t so hard to do.

To open this in the UAC (or User Account Control) in Vista, go to the start/search area of Vista, and type in NETPLWIZ. Once you get there:

  • UNcheck the box next to “Users should enter a username and password to use this computer”, and then press OK.
  • Type the username and password for the user you want to automatically logon to Windows Vista when it boots up and press OK
  • Reboot the computer

It’s that simple. Vista will remember the username and password, and you won’t have to log in every time you boot the computer.

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How to Disable UAC

Click Image to Play Video http://live.pirillo.com/ – UAC, User Account Control, can be pretty annoying for a power user, especially when you’re asked "deny or allow" every five minutes. On top of that it has a very annoying "donk" sound that could annoy the dead. Thakfully, there’s a simple way to disable UAC: Go to [...]

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http://live.pirillo.com/ – UAC, User Account Control, can be pretty annoying for a power user, especially when you’re asked "deny or allow" every five minutes. On top of that it has a very annoying "donk" sound that could annoy the dead.

Thakfully, there’s a simple way to disable UAC:

  • Go to Control Panel
  • Open User Accounts
  • Remove the checkmark from the "turn user account control on/off" section
  • UAC is now disabled!

Remember: UAC is there for your own safety, as it can help protect you, so it is recommended that you keep it on. Do not disable UAC unless you know what you are doing.

Oh, and don’t run as administrator all the time, like Chris does. It can open you up to a plethora of nasty problems.

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