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Auto Sign-in (Windows app) · last updated: 12 November 2026

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In short

Auto Sign-in processes account, domain and password locally to set up Windows automatic sign-in. It does not require a netDesk.IT account, contains no advertising, has no networking features of its own and does not automatically send usage or performance statistics or any other data to netDesk.IT (no telemetry). If you send us information for support, we receive what you choose to send.

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Contact: info@netdesk.it

Data saved on your PC

The app keeps only on your computer, in the folder %AppData%\netDesk.IT\AutoSign-in of the profile it runs under (if you reopen it with another administrator's credentials, that administrator's profile), what it needs to be convenient to use:

• the language and theme you chose (lingua.txt and tema.txt);
• the log of unexpected errors (errori.log): date and time, point in the program and technical message of the error (which may contain paths or user names), together with Store licence diagnostics: status and expiry, product (SKU) and trial identifiers, trial ownership and time remaining. The log is recreated on the next write once it exceeds about 200 KB (it can temporarily exceed it). The app does not intentionally write the password to it;
• the starting account name, passed as an argument to the window reopened as administrator (never the password); while it runs it is visible to other processes on the same PC.

Windows settings the app changes

To do its job, and only after an explicit action in the window (pressing “Enable” or “Disable”, or changing the lock setting: switch, delay or unit), Auto Sign-in writes to Windows (not to the app folder):

• the automatic sign-in values in the Windows registry (sign-in on or off, user name and domain);
• the account password: the password you type is handled in clear text in the app's memory and passed to Windows APIs for verification and for encrypted storage in the LSA secret; the app does not intentionally save it in other files or in clear text in the registry, and it clears the box after a successful enable;
• a scheduled task (“AutoSign-in - Blocco automatico”) with the account and the session lock delay (the lock account may differ from the automatic sign-in account).

This data is not automatically transmitted to anyone, not even to netDesk.IT. Windows may keep the app's data folder in a private location of the package: when you uninstall the app Windows normally removes it and, if it remains, you can delete it by hand. The Windows settings are removed by pressing “Disable”: it turns off automatic sign-in, deletes the saved password and removes the lock task; the user name and domain remain in the Windows registry and the previous configuration is not restored; on error the operation may be left incomplete and the app reports it. Uninstalling the app does not remove them, so press “Disable” before uninstalling.

Support information

The “Copy support information” button in the “About” window copies to the clipboard, only when you press it: the app version, the architecture and .NET version, the Windows version, the Windows and app language, the theme, whether the app is running as administrator, the type of installation with the full package name, the licence status, the automatic sign-in status with the account name (user and domain), the lock delay and account (which may differ from the automatic sign-in account) and up to the last 30 lines of the error log. The app does not put the password in it. It is not sent anywhere: you decide whether to paste it into a support message; if you send it, we receive what it contains.

Network connections

Auto Sign-in has no networking features of its own: it contains no advertising or telemetry, does not send data to netDesk.IT or to third parties, and does not send the password. It uses Windows APIs for licensing and product information in the Store; user actions can open the Store page or the contact links (email, phone) in the default applications; and Windows account verification and identity resolution may contact domain infrastructure when a domain account is used.

Microsoft Store

If you install the app from the Microsoft Store, download, installation, updates, free trial and purchase are handled by Microsoft under the Microsoft Privacy Statement; the app reads from Windows information about the licence, the trial and the product in the Store.

Your rights

For the use of the app netDesk.IT receives no personal data, so there is nothing for us to provide, correct or delete. If you send us information for support, we process what you tell us and you can ask to access, correct or delete it by writing to info@netdesk.it. For any question write to the same address.

Changes

If the way the app works changes significantly for privacy, this page will be updated and the date above changed.