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Windows 10 -- prevent boot to desktop

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  • 25-02-2016 10:41pm
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    mordeith
    Registered Users Posts: 5,278 ✭✭✭


    I've Googled this but can't seem to find the right answer. I have three user accounts on my W10 laptop. Only mine has a password and I have the two kids on separate accounts with guest access. The think is if one of them has been using the laptop and shut it off, when I boot it the next time it automatically logs in to their account. How do I get it to just boot to the user select screen. Windows 7 used to do that be default IIRC


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    Keplar240B
    Registered Users Posts: 883 ✭✭✭Keplar240B


    Sounds like they are putting it into sleep mode instead of shutting it down.

    Is that a possibility?

    When you power up it then wakes up from sleep mode and because there is no password goes back to their desktop


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    mordeith
    Registered Users Posts: 5,278 ✭✭✭mordeith


    Keplar240B wrote: »
    Sounds like they are putting it into sleep mode instead of shutting it down.

    Is that a possibility?

    When you power up it then wakes up from sleep mode and because there is no password goes back to their desktop

    No, it's definitely being shut down properly. It's not a major deal but something I'd still like to sort out.


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    Lu Tze
    Registered Users Posts: 3,495 ✭✭✭Lu Tze


    mordeith wrote: »
    No, it's definitely being shut down properly. It's not a major deal but something I'd still like to sort out.

    Instead of shutting down can you just log off?


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    mordeith
    Registered Users Posts: 5,278 ✭✭✭mordeith


    Lu Tze wrote: »
    Instead of shutting down can you just log off?

    Ah yeah, as I say, it's not a big deal. When I power on and it boots to one of their desktops and I can just log off and login to mine. Just thought it was odd that it would automatically login to last user (non password protected) after a shut down, rather then going to user select screen


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    maki
    Registered Users Posts: 772 ✭✭✭maki


    This "feature" was introduced in Windows 8.

    If you've got Windows 10 Pro you can use the Group Policy Editor to run a registry script (ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\UserSwitch /V Enabled /T REG_dWORD /D 1 /F) at every logon to force the login screen.

    Otherwise your only choice is to set passwords on all the accounts.


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    mordeith
    Registered Users Posts: 5,278 ✭✭✭mordeith


    maki wrote: »
    This "feature" was introduced in Windows 8.

    If you've got Windows 10 Pro you can use the Group Policy Editor to run a registry script (ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\UserSwitch /V Enabled /T REG_dWORD /D 1 /F) at every logon to force the login screen.

    Otherwise your only choice is to set passwords on all the accounts.

    Thanks for the info.
    I've only got the home version so just have to put up with it. Poor little me :rolleyes:


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    yoyo
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    There are some options to try here which may be suitable.

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    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    How old are the kids? Could you password protect their accounts, even with "1234" just to stop this happening?

    You can prevent the kids from changing the password on the account.


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    mordeith
    Registered Users Posts: 5,278 ✭✭✭mordeith


    yoyo wrote: »
    There are some options to try here which may be suitable.

    Nick

    Nice one. I'll try some of those to see.
    seamus wrote: »
    How old are the kids? Could you password protect their accounts, even with "1234" just to stop this happening?

    You can prevent the kids from changing the password on the account.

    Old enough to be able to remember simple passwords alright. I'll do that if options above fail to address the issue.


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