Windows: Deactivate password prompt at login

If you are the only user of a Windows PC, the password query can become an annoying ritual. How to disable Windows login.

Remove user password in Windows 7

1. Press the start button at the bottom left of the screen and open the "Control Panel".
2. Under "User Accounts and Protection of Minors" you will find the item "User Accounts", select it.
3. There, click on "Remove your own password".
4. Now enter your password and click on the "Remove password" button.

Automatic login with autologon

With the Autologon tool, the password query is automatically skipped. You only have to start this once.

1. Download "Autologon for Windows" from Microsoft.
2. Open the zip file and start the exe file it contains.
3. Then enter your password and click on the "Enable" button.
4. If you would like to deactivate the function again later, restart the file and click on the "Disable" button.