Auto login Windows Server 2012

Try to use the registry key technique.

You will need to have an account with a password for this to work.

1. Run regedit.exe

2. Navigate to

   HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\winlogon
   

3. Set or create the following keys

   (DWORD)  AutoAdminLogon = 1
   (String) DefaultUserName = Your user name
   (String) DefaultPassword = Your password
   

4. Restart and let us know if it works!

Autologon from Sysinternals should do the trick. It’s really simple too.

I would not manually edit the registry. Use the netplwiz.exe app that comes standard with 2012 (and 2008 as well). This opened the following User Accounts box for me.

Just search for the app through the start menu, or travel to C:\Windows\System32 to find it