This article will describe the method on how to load all the start up program while securing the User Account in Windows (password is required to login).

Normally we set the password on our Windows account so that other people cannot use the same account with ours. The drawback is that, the startup programs in Windows will start loading only after we login with password. We normally did not want this to happens as we need to wait the Windows to load for the first time, and key in the password, and wait for 2nd times to let the programs loaded.

It would be wise if the Windows & Startup Programs can be loaded without interruption.

To solve problem, we let the Operating System to login with the default account (your account). Right after login, with all the programs start loading in background, we use the pre-config script to automatically lock the Windows Account (like we manually lock the computer).

Step 1: Login the default account. If there are more than 2 accounts, go to Run > control userpasswords2. Select your account and uncheck “Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer.”

contro userpassword2

Step 2: Download StartupLockPC registry. It adds the script

"lock"="rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation"

to “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run”.

Alternatively, go to All Programs > Startup folder and create a shortcut of: rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation

Creating Lock Shortcut at startup folder

This method should work in Windows XP, Windows Vista & Windows 7.

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