Make default choice of user in windows 7 login to password type screen

Question

I want to choose a default user in windows login screen so that it will get me straight to the password type screen. I have tried this solution:

1. Enable Auto Logon: reg add "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" /v AutoAdminLogon /t REG_SZ /d 1

2. Set username for logon: reg add "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" /v DefaultUserName /t REG_SZ /d youruser from this post.

but the problem is it needs default password which I do not want to provide, so I can make the choice automatically but then it tries to type the password (I guess blank password) and i get wrong password notification. I want to get to the password type screen automatically without choosing the user.

I'm using Windows 7 Pro x64.

Clarification: When windows starts I have 2 users on my computers, normally i select my user then type the password and enter windows.
My wish is on windows start windows will automatically choose my user and all I have to do is type the password.
The solution I tried indeed choose my user but it also requires a default password to be provided so windows can enter the default password, but I do not want windows to enter the password for me, but only select my user and wait for me to type the password.

Answer 1

Set the AutoAdminLogon Key to 0 and it should work:

reg add "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" /v AutoAdminLogon /t REG_SZ /d 0

There are 4 values associated with Auto Logons:

• AutoAdminLogon (0 or 1) will attempt (or not) to logon using the default stroed username, password and domain. If set to 0, the credentials will still populate but the "Logon" button will not be auto-clicked (to simplify things)
• DefaultUserName is the registry value for the username field
• DefaultPassword is the value used to store the password field
• DefaultDomainName is the domain name being logged onto (for domain computers)