Are you the only user of your system and don’t want to be prompted for a your credentials every single time you logon? Then you can easily disable this by disabling that users need to enter credentials before they can use the system.
![Windows 10: Logon Screen](http://windowsinstructed.com.www603.your-server.de.www603.your-server.de/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2014-10-11_21-51-23-300x142.png)
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Disabling the need for a password to use the computer
Starting Netplwiz
Method 1:
1. Open start and type netplwiz then click on Netplwiz.
![Windows 10 Start: Netplwiz](http://windowsinstructed.com.www603.your-server.de.www603.your-server.de/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2014-10-11_21-53-10-281x300.png)
Method 2:
1. Press the Windows + R key at the same time, then in the run window type Netplwiz and hit enter.
![Windows 10: Run Netplwiz](http://windowsinstructed.com.www603.your-server.de.www603.your-server.de/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2014-10-11_21-54-43-300x155.png)
Step 2
2. Click on the user you wish to automatically sign into
3. Uncheck the box: Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer
![Windows 10: Changing Netplwiz settings](http://windowsinstructed.com.www603.your-server.de.www603.your-server.de/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2014-10-11_21-56-16-275x300.png)
4. Now click Apply and enter the password for this account (if it had one)
![Enter Password](http://windowsinstructed.com.www603.your-server.de.www603.your-server.de/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2014-10-11_21-57-50-300x165.png)
5. Now click OK and click OK again.
Windows should now no longer ask for a username and password after it booted.
[symple_box color=”black” fade_in=”false” float=”center” text_align=”left” width=””] This does not disable the requirement for a password after the computer is started from standby or hibernation. To disable that read this article[/symple_box]
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