Automatically Restart and Logon to Your PC after Power Failure

Sometimes you might have wondered if your PC would have started automatically after a Power Loss. This happens to people who generally use their PC for downloading purposes like Torrents etc. In order to achieve this, you should make sure that your BIOS has this feature. My BIOS is Gigabyte GA-MA74GMT-S2. The setting takes place in two main steps: BIOS and Windows

For BIOS

Step 1: Restart your PC and Press Del at bootup.

Step 2: Select Power Management Setup and press Enter

Step 3: Select AC Back Function and Press Enter.

This function determines the state of the system after the return of power from an AC power loss.

• Soft - Off The system stays off upon the return of the AC power. (Default)
• Full - On The system is turned on upon the return of the AC power.
• Memory - The system returns to its last known awake state upon the return of the AC power

Step 4: Select the Memory Option.

Step 5: Save and Exit from BIOS

For Windows

Step 1: Click on Start and Type regedit in the Search, after it is shown press Enter

or pressWindows logo key + R and then enter regedit and press Enter

Step 2: Goto HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SOFTWARE -> Microsoft -> Windows NT -> CurrentVersion -> Winlogon

Step 3: Choose Default Username.

In the right pane look for the key DefaultUserName and Double Click it. If not found create by right clicking on the empty spaces in the right pane -> New -> String Value

Enter your UserName in the Value Field.

Step 4: Choose Password for Default Account

In a similar way, create and edit DefaultPassword entry and enter the password for the Windows user account you chose in the previous step.

Step 5: Enable Auto Logon

Now that you have entered the username and password, activate the auto-logon. Find the keyAutoAdminLogon or create one if its not there. Double click the entry and enter the value 1.

Step 6: If you wish to have an option for logging in using another user account, create another key ForceAutoLogon. Edit its value to 1. To use this press and hold the left SHIFT key when Windows starts. This will allow you to use another user account.

Now close registry editor and your work is done.