How to get rid of stupid "Sign in" screen for real in Win10 ?

[RejZoR]

I've tried all the guides and none actually works. The one sending user to Control Panel does nothing because the controls those mention aren't even there anymore and the "netplwiz" literally does nothing. I've gone through it and every time my laptop wakes up from slep, I see the retarded lock screen wallpaper and I have to click "Sign in" to get on the actual desktop. Why the hell Windows 10 can't just "wake up" directly to god damn desktop? It's so annoying and I can't find any working solution for this crap.

 

[newtekie1]

 

[Sasqui]

I've tried all the guides and none actually works. The one sending user to Control Panel does nothing because the controls those mention aren't even there anymore and the "netplwiz" literally does nothing. I've gone through it and every time my laptop wakes up from slep, I see the retarded lock screen wallpaper and I have to click "Sign in" to get on the actual desktop. Why the hell Windows 10 can't just "wake up" directly to god damn desktop? It's so annoying and I can't find any working solution for this crap.

I've only used it with a password so it's a given for me. You have no password, I assume?

 

[Jetster]

I have no password and one user. It goes straight to desktop

 

[RejZoR]

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I don't have this option because I'm NOT using a password. So, why is it showing me the dumb lock screen and "Sign in" button if I have absolutely no purpose for it without a password?

 

[Bill_Bright]

I have no password and one user.

I recommend always using a password, even if only one user. While it will not stop someone who knows what they are doing, having a PW will surely slow down an experienced thief who breaks into your home and steals your computer. And the typical thief (those who steal to get drug money) who does not know the PW will raise red flags at the honest (or watched) pawn shop too.

It does not have to be 15 alphanumeric with special symbols characters long. Even a simple 2 or 3 character PW is better than nothing as long as it is not 123 or abc.

 

[R-T-B]

You could always set a password, and use netplwiz to autologin, and then the "never" option in settings for wakeups. Done correctly, you will never be asked the password.

Workaround, I know.

 

[newtekie1]

You could always set a password, and use netplwiz to autologin, and then the "never" option in settings for wakeups. Done correctly, you will never be asked the password.

Workaround, I know.

Or set a password, change the setting, then remove the password.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

I have Admin account plus limited user Microsoft account. Windows 10 asks for sign in because of two accounts. netplwiz has always worked for me.

1) highlight the account you want to automatically log in.
2) Check the box to automatically log in.
3) Click Apply then OK.
4) It will pop up a box asking for the credentials to automatically sign in. If Windows account, enter the obvious. If it is a Microsoft account, enter your full email address for username and the Microsoft account password for the password. Click OK.
5) Reboot computer, it should automatically sign into the given account.

You'll have to disable sign out on sleep/resume too as mentioned above. First thing I do is disable sleep so I've never had to deal with that.

 

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

It's probably doing it for the same reason that Windows 10 forgets I use a screensaver then never actually launches the damn thing after 5 minutes like I want it to.

It's a bug. It happens on my fiancee's machine too.

 

[DRDNA]

I have only seen this bug if someone trys to log into Microsoft Store apk and then the stupid all of a sudden creation of a MS account log in for logging into windows or asking after the PC goes to sleep and then the all of a sudden "oh my whats this? what password? I NEVER SET A PASSWORD " fiasco......then a user does who knows what to get windows to stop that nonsense. If none of the above works I would Create a new account on the PC and copy over what is needed and then delete the old windows account and just move on becuase that should fix the issue. Just don't forget your desktop folder and Documents and the likes along with your favorites and stuff Good luck.

EDIT: Oh yeah and I think you have to give netplwiz admin rights to work

 

[eidairaman1]

Group policy editor used to fix these settings...

 

[W1zzard]

every time my laptop wakes up from slep, I see the retarded lock screen wallpaper

Seems everybody in the thread missed this. They changed the behaviour with FCU to always show that gay login screen after sleep. I'm suffering from it as well an no workaround seems to exist.

 

[RejZoR]

Yeah @W1zzard the problem is this waking up from sleep thing. I don't get it what makes it different from a regular startup that these login settings don't apply to it.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Why not disable sleep and shutdown if you don't intend to use it for a while? With SSDs these days, 30 seconds to power on isn't much of an inconvenience.

 

[95Viper]

Not saying it will work, because I have not tried it... mine works ok for me.
However, I found this and don't know if the OP has tried it.

It was posted on the MS forums by tokenfin:

I had this on my computers too, and have found a solution.


The Anniversary Update version of Windows 10 has removed the previous option in Power Options. There is now a setting in Settings > Accounts > Sign-in Options. This setting should appear right at the top of that screen, above the Windows Hello option, and is called Require sign-in (choices: on wake, or never).


There is a bug. If the current local account has no password the above option is not displayed, this is annoying because users without passwords are the ones most likely to want the sign-in prompt removed. Microsoft might call it a feature, but the following simple workaround shows it really is just a UI bug.


Workaround:


Add a password to the local account, reboot.

Change the Require Sign-in option to never.

Remove the password by choosing Change Password and entering nothing.

Enjoy never having to click Sign-in after wake again.


I've done this on several computers now and it works every time.

Also, some other info here: Turn On or Off Require Sign-in on Wakeup in Windows 10

EDIT: you may, also, want to try this post, by Mimi4gk, in the same thread at MS I link to:

I found what was blocking my computer from making changes on “Start button - Settings - Accounts -Sign-in Options - Require Sign-in – set to Never.” When theUser Account Control Settings are on Always Notify, it blocks several changes, including this one. Search for User Account Control, and move the slide bar below the highest setting, click OK. Reopen Settings- Accounts- Sign-in Options- Require Sign-in, and change to Never. I hope this helps others to avoid the hours of frustration that I have had trying to find an answer.

 

[Potatoking]

this works for me

powercfg /SETACVALUEINDEX SCHEME_ALL SUB_NONE CONSOLELOCK 0

powercfg /SETDCVALUEINDEX SCHEME_ALL SUB_NONE CONSOLELOCK 0

 

[Deleted member 6693]

type: cmd then type: control userpasswords2

 

[jboydgolfer]

Or just enable a password, so you have the option to turn it off when recovering from sleep , then set it to auto sign in. Thats how mine is set up, i only enter a password, or a lockscreen if i chose to, normally during boot or sleep recovery it goes straight to desktop.

I don't advocate that it's a perfect solution ,but I know for a fact it's a method that works seamlessly . For a home use computer in my opinion passwords are redundant and pointless therefore I disable or bypass them.

 

[qubit]

I'll bet this can be nuked with Group Policy which might be the best way. I want to look into since it's something that bugs me too, so I'll try to find some time for it. My dialog box reports that "some settings are controlled by the administrator". However, I'm the administrator and I didn't restrict it. However, this was an upgrade install from W7, so perhaps that's where it came from.

 

[jboydgolfer]

However, I'm the administrator and I didn't restrict it. However, this was an upgrade install from W7, so perhaps that's where it came from.

ive noticed this often with Win10, there are quite a few "administrator" controlled areas, folders, policies, etc , and its frustrating, since IM the administrator. I know certain things are supposed to be blocked ,but it just seems like I've run into them more often in windows 10 than I did in Windows 7.

 

[qubit]

ive noticed this often with Win10, there are quite a few "administrator" controlled areas, folders, policies, etc , and its frustrating, since IM the administrator. I know certain things are supposed to be blocked ,but it just seems like I've run into them more often in windows 10 than I did in Windows 7.

Yeah, it feels like "Big Brother knows best for you and says No." Damned annoying.

I remember when I was learning how to set up Active Directory using Windows Server 2008 (I think that was the name - anyway it was the server version of Vista) a few years ago. By default, it wanted a password for the AD admin account (no more local accounts!) and it had complexity requirements attached to it, too. However, considering that this was a home system built for tinkering, wiping, rebuilding etc, I wanted the convenience of no password to log in.

I found the Group Policy section for it, but the options to remove these restrictions were greyed out. Apparently this was due to a higher level GP overriding it, but could I find it? Like hell I could! No amount of Googling or ferreting around solved this one. I was so pissed off, I tell you.

I still have that old PC, it's my E8500 system, but there's a hardware fault on it preventing it from turning on (beeps only) and I haven't gotten round to troubleshooting it yet. It may or may not be fixable.

 

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

Seems everybody in the thread missed this. They changed the behaviour with FCU to always show that gay login screen after sleep. I'm suffering from it as well an no workaround seems to exist.

My fiancee's machine will do it if I end a teamviewer session

 

[newtekie1]

Seems everybody in the thread missed this. They changed the behaviour with FCU to always show that gay login screen after sleep. I'm suffering from it as well an no workaround seems to exist.

I didn't miss it, I showed the exact setting in the first post. Then clarified if you don't have that setting, create a password for you account, change the setting to never, then remove the password. The setting will still stick and you won't get a login screen after sleep.

 

[hapkiman]

I have mine set with a 4 digit PIN instead of a password, and its really not that much of a hassle. I have a teenager who does have their own laptop, but likes to game on my rig when I'm home. This way he can't jump on my computer and go to any nefarious websites while I'm at work.