{"id":3703,"date":"2014-08-06T02:10:01","date_gmt":"2014-08-06T02:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=3703"},"modified":"2014-08-06T02:10:01","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T02:10:01","slug":"login-to-windows-8-microsoft-account-automatically-without-password","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/login-to-windows-8-microsoft-account-automatically-without-password\/","title":{"rendered":"Login to Windows 8 Microsoft Account Automatically without Password"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>I just received a new computer with Windows 8.1. When I boot it up, I set up a Microsoft account login. I am the only user on this computer. However, my Microsoft account has a secure (long, hard to type\/remember) password. I don&#8217;t want to type in my password each time that I restart the computer. Is there some way to override this feature?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Luckily, even with the Microsoft account, you can configure Windows 8 to login automatically. If you&#8217;re the only user on the system you may want to speed up the logon process by enabling automatic logon feature. This tutorial will show you how to bypass Windows 8 login screen and thus sign into Microsoft account automatically without entering a password.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tips:<\/strong> <em>If you&#8217;ve forgotten your Microsoft account password and unable to reset the password online, you can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/knowledge\/forgot-windows-8-microsoft-account-password.html\" style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">bypass Windows 8 Microsoft account password<\/a> with PCUnlocker, so you can still log back into your system and regain access to all your files.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Login to Windows 8 Microsoft Account Automatically?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Before you begin, you must be logged into an administrator level account for you Windows 8 PC for these steps to work.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Press the Windows + R keyboard combination to bring up a <strong>Run<\/strong> box, when it appears type <strong><code>netplwiz<\/code><\/strong> and hit Enter.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/netplwiz.png\" alt=\"netplwiz\" width=\"417\" height=\"217\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3704\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>This will open the <strong>User Accounts<\/strong> dialog box, which will display a list of all the users on your computer, including both local accounts and Microsoft accounts.<\/li>\n<li>Next click on the username in the bottom window, which should be your email address if you are using the Microsoft account to log into your Windows 8 PC.\u00a0 Uncheck the <strong>Users must enter a username and password to use this computer<\/strong> checkbox.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/windows-8-user-accounts.png\" alt=\"windows-8-user-accounts\" width=\"481\" height=\"521\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3705\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Apply<\/strong> and you&#8217;ll get a pop up dialog that asks you to enter your login credentials. Just type in your Microsoft account password twice and click OK.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/automatically-login.png\" alt=\"automatically-login\" width=\"468\" height=\"261\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3706\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Now go ahead and restart your computer and Windows 8 should automatically boot up to the Start Screen, without prompting you to enter a Microsoft account password.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>However, we don&#8217;t recommend to enable automatic login if your PC is accessible by multiple users or while you&#8217;re traveling. 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