How to configure auto-login and lock mode after reboot in Windows 10

If you choose to enable the 'Sign-in and lock last interactive user automatically after a restart' policy , you can configure its settings via policy 'Configure the mode of automatically signing in and locking last interactive user after a restart or cold boot' (Configure the automatic login mode and lock the last user interaction after reboot or cold boot).

If you choose to disable 'Sign-in and lock last interactive user automatically after a restart' , then the 'Configure the mode of automatically signing in and locking last interactive user after a restart or cold boot' policy is not required.

This tutorial will show you how to configure automatic logon mode and the last interaction user key after reboot for all users in Windows 10.

Note : You must be logged in as an administrator to enable or disable this feature.

Option 1: Enable or disable the feature in Local Group Policy Editor

Note : Local Group Policy Editor is only available in Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise and Education editions.

All versions can use option 2 below.

If you enable this policy, users will not be able to enable or disable the 'Use my sign-in info to automatically finish setting up my device after an update or restart' feature. device after installing the update or restarting).

1. Open Local Group Policy Editor .

2. In the left panel of Local Group Policy Editor, click to expand Computer Configuration, Administrative Templates, Windows Components and Windows Logon Options.

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3. In the right panel of Windows Logon Options , double click on the 'Configure the mode of automatically signing in and locking last interactive user after a restart or cold boot' to edit.

The name of this policy was automatically changed to "Sign-in and lock last interactive user automatically after a restart" starting with Windows 10 version 1903.

4. Follow step 5 (to turn on) or step 6 (to turn off) below for what you want to do.

5. To enable the Use sign-in info to auto finish setting up device and reopen apps after update or restart for All Users (Use the login information to automatically complete device setup and reopen the application after Update or restart for all users), select Not Configured or Enabled , click OK and go to step 7 below.

1. Not Configured is the default setting. Not Configured will allow users to change the 'Use my sign-in info to automatically finish setting up my device after an update or restart' , if the 'Sign-in and lock last interactive user automatically after a restart' policy is not enabled. Turn on or off.
2. Enabled will prevent users from changing the 'Use my sign-in info to automatically finish setting up my device after an update or restart' setting .

6. To disable 'Use sign-in info to auto finish setting up device and reopen apps after update or restart for All Users' , select Disabled, click OK and go to step 7 below.

Disabled will allow users to change the 'Use my sign-in info to automatically finish setting up my device after an update or restart' setting .

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7. When done, you can close the Local Group Policy Editor if desired.

Option 2: Enable or disable the feature with the REG file

The following downloadable .reg files will add and modify the DWORD value in the registry below.

 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesSystem 

1. Follow step 2 (to activate if BitLocker is on and not hang), step 3 (always enabled) or step 4 (default) below for what you want to do.

2. To enable if BitLocker is enabled and not suspended (this will prevent users from changing the 'Use my sign-in info to automatically finish setting up my device after an update or restart' ), download this file. and go to step 5.

3. To always activate (this will prevent users from changing the 'Use my sign-in info to automatically finish setting up my device after an update or restart' ), download this file and go to step 5.

4. Default - No configuration (this will allow the user to change the 'Use my sign-in info to automatically finish setting up my device after an update or restart' if the policy 'Sign-in and lock last interactive user automatically after a restart 'is not enabled or disabled), download this file and go to step 5.

5 Save the .reg file to the desktop.

6. Double click on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

7. When prompted, click Run> Yes (UAC)> Yes> OK to approve the merge.

8. You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.