How can one automatically logon to multiple user accounts in Windows 2008 R2

Solution 1:

One way is to change user account settings.

  • Go to Start Button and type Run
  • Type control userpasswords2
  • Clear the tick box on "users must enter a username and password to use this computer"

If you are doing on a server, the message will not appear. You need to change some registry values.

  • Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
  • Edit these values
    • AutoAdminLogon 1
    • DefaultUserName A username to be used for automatic logon
    • DefaultPassword The password for the username
    • ForceAutoLogon 1

As soon as you change the AutoAdminLogon to 1, then you will see the tick box with message under the User Accounts settings.

For more information, please have a look at this page. http://www.expta.com/2008/04/how-to-enable-autologon-for-windows.html

Another solution would be using AutoLogon tool https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb963905.aspx