Bypass the Windows Vista Logon Screen on Multiaccount PCs

When you have more than one user account on a Windows Vista PC, every time you restart your PC,
you’ll be presented with a welcome screen listing all the accounts on the machine, forcing you to
click one and type in your logon information.
But what if, like many people, you use one primary account nearly all the time, and use others only
on occasion—and you’d like to bypass the screen listing all the user accounts and be logged in
automatically? You’re apparently out of luck; Windows Vista can’t seem to do it.
Auto Logons for Domain-Connected PCs
If you’re on a company network and part of a domain, the “Users must enter a user name and
password to use this computer” choice won’t appear on the User Accounts screen, because domain
users always have to enter a username and password to log on to their computer. So this hack won’t
work for them.
However, there is a way for even domain users to automatically log on, by using any of several
command-line utilities. Good ones include Autologon for Windows (www.microsoft.com/technet/
sysinternals/utilities/Autologon.mspx), and autologon.exe (shellrevealed.com/fi les/folders/code/
entry4411.aspx).