I built a Windows 11 Pro VM in Parallels using the Installation Assistant. Parallels automatically created a user name that matches my Mac user name and auto logs in. The problem is, I don't want it to auto login as I'm going to join it to a domain and use a domain login. How can I disable the auto login? I already changed the password on the account so now every time I start the VM, it tries to auto login an fails.
Greetings, To disable auto-login, please follow the steps below: 1. Open Parallels Desktop and Launch your Windows Virtual Machine. 2. Click on the Windows Start Icon > Type Regedit and press enter. 3. Navigate to the following Path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon 4. Make sure you selected the Winlogon folder and on the right panel, please search for DefaultUserName and delete it (Right-click select delete) 5. Restart your Virtual Machine and it should no more auto-login to the windows profile. Best regards!
There is also an app that should do this: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/autologon
