{"id":19662,"date":"2014-03-25T15:01:53","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T07:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=19662"},"modified":"2023-07-16T20:08:17","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T12:08:17","slug":"skip-windows-8-login-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/skip-windows-8-login-screen\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Skip Windows 8 Login Screen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/html5-loginpage\/\">login screen<\/a> is an important <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/change-your-passwords\/\">security<\/a> feature present and used in all your laptops and mobile devices. But if you work in a secure environment and are the sole user of your computer, you might think about taking liberties when it comes to <strong>skipping the login screen<\/strong>. On Windows 8 or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/windows-81-tips-tricks\/\">Windows 8.1<\/a> there is a way to bypass the lockscreen.<\/p>\n<p>There is a way to <strong>set up your computer to automatically sign in into your account<\/strong> upon a restart. All it takes is a few steps to setup this automatic login for Windows 8.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/enable-windows-built-in-administrator-account\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: How to Enable the Built-in Administrator Account on Windows 8\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to Enable the Built-in Administrator Account on Windows 8<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/enable-windows-built-in-administrator-account.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-18788 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/enable-windows-built-in-administrator-account.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">How to Enable the Built-in Administrator Account on Windows 8<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLike its predecessors, Windows 8 is still vulnerable to attacks that could compromise the system. However, Windows 8...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Enable Automatic Login<\/h2>\n<p>The first thing you need to do is to open <strong>Run<\/strong> by pressing <span class=\"key\">WIN<\/span> + <span class=\"key\">R<\/span> keys. Next type in <code>netplwiz<\/code> and click <strong>OK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/skip-windows-8-login-screen\/run-netplwiz.jpg\" alt=\"Run netplwiz\" width=\"500\" height=\"285\"><\/figure>\n<p>Untick \u201cUsers must enter a user name and password to use this computer\u201d. Then click on <strong>Apply<\/strong> to bring out a window pop up.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/skip-windows-8-login-screen\/click-on-apply.jpg\" alt=\"Click on apply\" width=\"500\" height=\"533\"><\/figure>\n<p>In this pop up, you have to fill in <strong>User name<\/strong>, <strong>Password<\/strong>, <strong>Confirm Password<\/strong> according to your Microsoft account or local account details.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: If you\u2019re using Microsoft account (e.g hotmail.com) for the user name you have to type in your email address instead.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/skip-windows-8-login-screen\/enter-username-password.jpg\" alt=\"Fill in your account details\" width=\"500\" height=\"445\"><\/figure>\n<p>Click on <strong>OK<\/strong> and you\u2019re done. <strong>Restart<\/strong> your PC and you will see your PC automatically login to Windows.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The login screen is an important security feature present and used in all your laptops and mobile devices. 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