How to Bypass and Stop Automatic Logon to Log On as Different User
Your computer may have been configured to set Windows to automatically log on specific user upon boot up (see the guide to enable auto login in Windows XP and turn on automatic logon in Windows Vista). However, from time to time, user may need to log on with another different user instead of the one predetermined and preset in the Windows registry.
To bypass the automatic logon so that user can select another user account to log on as a different user, hold down the SHIFT key after logging off or after Windows XP restarts.
The SHIFT key can work to break all automatic logon setting, including system that enforce automatic log on whenever user logs off feature using ForceAutoLogon registry key value.
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June 17th, 2008 01:09
[...] After setting the registry value, system will automatically login again with the default user name and password account set in the registry entries. The ForceAutoLogon setting, when configured to True (1), effectively locks out all users aside from the one set as default user and password. However, it’s possible to break the automatic login with SHIFT key. [...]