Log in Automatically

I added a password to my Windows user account to protect my shared data, but now I have to type it every time I turn on my PC. Isn't there a way to skip this step?

It may seem ironic to create a password for your PC and then immediately override it with an automatic logon, but it's a perfect solution for a single-user PC on a home network. Your user account needs a password if you want to share files with other PCs on your network, particularly if you want to protect your data from intruders. But
unless those intruders routinely walk by your computer, you can forgo having to type that password every time you start Windows.

To do this, go to Start --> Run, type control userpasswords2 , and then click OK to open the alternate User Accounts window shown in Figure. (The standard User Accounts window in the Control Panel isn't sufficient for this task.)
Remove the checkmark next to the "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer" option, and click OK. In the Automatically Log On dialog box, type your username, enter your password twice, and click OK. The next time Windows starts, you'll skip the Welcome screen and go straight to your desktop.