Windows 10 No Users On Login Screen
Starting with Windows 8 and continuing in Windows 10, users must type their password before logging into their account after booting or when switching user accounts. This Windows 10 password login screen will appear by default for any user account with which a password is associated. Jump to Fix 3: Create a new user account - It's likely that your previous user account is not working properly, so you can't log into Windows with that.
Generally, Windows 10 system requires password to login for sake of computer security. But if you are the only person who owns the computer for home use, you can try to skip Windows 10 login screen. Then when you start the computer, login screen is bypassed and you enjoy fast Windows 10 startup.
Here are two ways for you to skip or bypass Windows 10 login screen automatically.
Before do it, please make sure there is no system password set for computer and you can access computer. If you forgot login password, take Windows 10 Password Genius to directly remove or bypass Windows 10 login password for logon.
Way 1: Skip Windows 10 login screen with netplwiz
Command 'netplwiz' could help to open user account settings dialog that is not shown in Control Panel.
1. Press Win + R to open Run box, and enter 'netplwiz'. Click OK to open User Accounts dialog.
2. Uncheck 'User must enter a user name and password to use the computer'.
3. Click Apply and if there is pop-up dialog, please confirm the user account and enter its password. The specified user will be used to automatically sign in Windows 10.
Restart computer and it will bypass windows 10 login screen and automatically login with user account you enter password for.
Way 2: Bypass Windows 10 login screen with local group policy editor
Similarly, you can type 'gpedit.msc' in Run box to open Local Group Policy Editor, where you can manage all Windows system settings.
Windows 10 No Logon Screen
1. Click on Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Logon in the left window of Group Policy Editor.
2. In the right side, double click the setting 'Don't display the Getting Started welcome screen at logon'.
3. Check 'Enabled' in pop-up dialog to bypass welcome screen when you start Windows 10 computer next time.
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So I upgraded my parents computer to Win 10 which went well, however I want both accounts to not have passwords, and just boot to a account selection screen so they can just select which one they want to log in. In trying to set this up I've had a few problems:
Using netplwiz if I check 'Users must enter a username and password to use this computer', Windows automatically logs in to one of the accounts which is not what I want and doesn't seem to do what you'd think it does. None of the accounts have a password in the user account settings.
In netplwiz, if I uncheck 'Users must enter a username and password to use this computer' it then asks me which user I want to automatcally log in. Removing a username from this entry field then causes windows to boot up and request login information for 'Other User'. I have no idea where this 'Other user' account comes from as there's no 'Other user in the Account Settings, or in the registry (under ProfileList). This is close to what I want but the 'Other user' entry is annoying, especially as it requires a input before getting to a screen where the 'real' accounts can be selected.
Windows 10 Local Account Not Showing On Login Screen
Shown automatically at start up:
Clicking ok then takes to this screen with other 'real' user accounts are available for in bottom left corner:
I'm starting to think it's not actually possible to do what I'm trying to do, although I find it hard to believe as it seems like something a lot of people would want.
Any ideas?
1 Answer
In order to achieve what you originally wanted, all you had to do is to remove passwords from both user accounts (i.e. specify an empty password for each). That way, if you have more than one interactive user registered on the computer, Windows will boot to the welcome screen giving you a list of users and the opportunity to log into any of these accounts simply by clicking a 'Sign In' button (no password to enter).
And there's no need to fiddle with netplwiz for that. The 'Users must enter a username and password to use this computer' box should remain checked.
Whatever you are experiencing must be a consequence of some peculiar set of changes you made through netplwiz. I suggest you revert it to the way it was originally and simply specify an empty password for each account.