How to Force Users to Logon in ME

 

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You can force users to use a password when logging on by doing the following:
  1. Make sure you have a valid password entered before continuing.
  2. Go to Start>Run>regedit
  3. Navigate to
  4. HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
  5. R-click in the right hand pane and select New>String Value
  6. Name it NoLogon  (exactly as shown)
  7. Double click it and give it the following value RUNDLL32 shell32,SHExitWindowsEx 0
You can copy and paste in line number 7 to make it easier.

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