Windows Autologin Cookbook

Enables/disables automatic logon using Windows
AutoAdminLogon.

Automatic logon uses the domain (optional), username, and password
stored in the registry to log users on to the computer when the system
starts. The Log On to Windows dialog box is not displayed.

Use count to limit the Number of Automatic Logins. Once the limit has
been reached the auto logon feature will be disabled.

WARNING: Automatic logon allows other users to start your computer
and to log on using your account. Also note that password is stored
unencrypted under windows registry
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon when
enabled.

Requirements

• Chef 11.6+ (includes a built-in registry_key resource)

Platforms

• Windows

Usage

Requires Administrator privileges.

Enable automatic login for user

node.set['windows_autologin']['username'] = 'username'
node.set['windows_autologin']['password'] = my_secret
node.set['windows_autologin']['autologoncount'] = 1

include_recipe[windows_autologin]

or

windows_autologin 'enable autologin' do
  username 'username'
  password my_secret
  count 1
  action :enable
end

Disable automatic login and remove password and count entry

windows_autologin 'disable autologin' do
  action :disable
end

or

node.set['windows_autologin']['enable'] = false

include_recipe[windows_autologin]

Attributes

• username - The username to autologin as. Defaults to resource block name.
• password - Required to enable. Default: nil.
• domain - Only needed if computer has joined a domain. Default: nil.
• count - Number of Automatic Logins. Once the limit has been reached the auto logon feature will be disabled. Default: 0.

Getting Help

• Ask specific questions on Stack Overflow.
• Report bugs and discuss potential features in Github issues.

Contributing

Please refer to CONTRIBUTING.

License

MIT - see the accompanying LICENSE file
for details.