How do I make my login screen autoselect me?

So I bought a laptop (Asus U30Jc). I formatted it and installed all the necessary drivers and even merged the two partitions it had into one.

My problem is that every time I start up my laptop, it goes to the user selection screen instead of automatically selecting my user account (and yes it has a password). And here's the thing: I'm the ONLY user on this laptop and for some reason it won't automatically select my account on the login screen like on my Windows 7 Desktop.

How do I make it so that every time I start up my laptop it will automatically select my account? This isn't a big deal but I find it annoying that I always have to click my account when its the only one there.

 

If you want to skip the password entirely and have it login automatically, either disable the password, or hit Winkey + R and type in "control userpasswords2", check your account, uncheck the box above it and hit OK, entering in the password.

Are there any other users that appear in that box?

 

has that laptop got a fingerprint reader as i get the option of password or switch user.if if its only you then try and delete the other account but if you didnt set it up and its a new install then i have no idea what it is.

 

@Blaze-Senpai Well, I don't want to have anybody log into my account. So I would like it if it required my password... on the condition that it auto selected my account.
The userpassword2 thing shows only me as a user. http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/2883/accountsb.jpg

@MrDJ I don't have any other account, and that's the weird part.

 

Check the following key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

What does it show for "DefaultUserName" value? Put your username there if it isn't there already.

 

My login name is Apothem. Here is a screenshot of my registry:
http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/7307/loginregistries.jpg

(problem is still here in case you're wondering)

 

Is your logon icon large:



or small?



--L.

 

It's small. When I select my account, though, it becomes big (I believe).

 

Usually the small logon icon is used when 2 or more accounts are presented on the Welcome Screen. The icons will be presented side by side and no password field (if the account has a password) is exposed until the user clicks or selects an account.

Unfortunately, I've not encountered a system which boots to a small icon and a single, unselected account on the Welcome Screen.

Since you are part of domain, make sure your username, password and domain name are all correct. Windows may react strangely if it can't authenticate against the PDC and the cached credentials are corrupted. At least you're not locked out!

--L.

 

I'm sure they are correct... how do I clear the cache?

 

Unlike most of the other stored credentials in Windows 7, domain credentials are stored as hashes in the registry. If you manually delete the registry entries, you will lose the ability to cache them again. Source

It appears the best way is: Source

1) Set the registry value for the number of credentials Windows stores to 0
2) Reboot & login
3) Edit the value back to 10 (the default)
4) Reboot & login

Important: You MUST be on the network with the PDC otherwise you won't be able to sign back onto your system in step 2.

It should also go without saying ... backup your registry FIRST!

--L.

 

Wait what's PDC?

 

Primary Domain Controller, also referred to as the domain controller. It's the Windows Server your laptop connects with to authenticate logon credentials.

--L.