While the use of system preferences is an easy option, this setting can be scripted for quick reversion either manually or by scheduling. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a ...

Setting up your computer to automatically log you in can save you the time and hassle of entering your password each time you start up. Here's how to automatically login for Windows and Mac users.

If you chose to save the password when you added your Microsoft Exchange email account to Outlook, the program automatically logs you in when you launch it. This time-saving feature may be dangerous ...

Some Unix/Linux systems require that a username and password be entered for login. Some can be set up to log you in automatically. For Lubuntu — a lightweight ...

Reader Ross Anderson wishes to occasionally sidestep a startup preference setting. He writes: I’ve configured my Mac running OS X Lion to automatically login to a particular user account. But there ...

For many users, automatic login is a great convenience—whenever you boot or reboot your OS X machine, it logs you in and runs all your login items. For other users, it can be more important than ...