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little boy62 Posted messages 4 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -  
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Hello / Good evening.

Introduction:

Previously, I only had one user account: so the (re)boot of Windows was done correctly.

Now, Windows Defender has created its own account related to security: WDAGUtilityAccount.

The issue: Windows, instead of choosing my account for (re)booting, defaults to the WDAGUtilityAccount account by default.

This therefore causes an error.

However, since I remain on the login page, I can choose my account and log in to it.

Question: how can I set my account back as default, so that it logs in automatically at startup?

Thank you :)

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    little boy62 Posted messages 4 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1 790
     

    Got it.

    Problem solved.

    Here is the procedure I followed:

    • I opened "User Accounts" via netplwiz, using the Run menu.
    • I checked the box "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer"
    • I clicked Apply > OK > restarted the PC when prompted.

    Now:

    At (re)start of the PC => only my main account appears, as before.

    But the WDAGUtilityAccount account, associated with Windows Defender, is still present.

    I verified this by checking the list of users via CMD (with the RUN menu WIN+R) and the command net users

    I then found the login menu from before, without touching the WDAGUtilityAccount.

    For your information:

    When I said "so that it logs in at startup," I was not talking about automatic login.

    I just wanted, as before, for it to be positioned first, so that I could enter my password myself.

    While Windows tried to automatically log into the WDAGUtilityAccount, hence the error.

    There you go.

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    Just make sure you don't get caught."

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