Domain Auto Login Gpo

Type regedit in the search box and select the registry editor.

Domain auto login gpo. This tutorial will guide you through the process of creating auto login feature using group policy preference on windows server 2012 r2 domain. To bypass the autoadminlogon process and to log on as a different user press and hold the shift key after you log off or after windows restarts. After this i will list the registry keys you need to use with the instruction below to configure automatic logon.

This registry change does not work if the logon banner value is defined on the server either by a group policy object gpo or by a local policy. Click to edit policy and navigate to. Fortunately you can still set up windows to auto login to your domain account using a registry trick.

To add the registry keys for auto login. Open group policy management. To bypass the autoadminlogon process and to log on as a different user press and hold the shift key after you log off or after windows restarts.

Now just have to find the correct gpo on the dc to be able to change it. Click the show files button and drag the file with the powershell script ps1 extension into the opened file explorer window the console will automatically open the folder yourdomainname sysvol yourdomainname policies your gpo guid machine scripts startup of your policy in the sysvol on the nearest ad. Now you need to copy the file with your powershell script to the domain controller.

Create and link a new gpo on the desired folder in group policy management. In my previous post i ve covered how to enable automatic login in windows 8 7 vista xp by using the command netplwiz or control userpasswords2 however that option is disabled when your computer is joined to a domain. Before we begin i will show you how create the required registry keys using group policy preference.

A domain administrator can manually add these registry keys or if you need to repeat this procedure on a lot of computers you can also create a group policy object to automatically add the registry keys. This registry change does not work if the logon banner value is defined on the server either by a group policy object gpo or by a local policy. Gpresult showed that the autoadminlogon key has a 0 state in the winning gpo of default domain policy in the extra registry settings section.