Automatic login (security&privacy) cannot be disabled. How to disable?

Sam H1 wrote:

I cannot get automatic login to become disabled. No matter what, it seems to wake from sleep and ask for a password. This is strange because I have "Disable automatic login" checked in System Prefs.

The "helpful" thing is that it doesn't come up every time from sleep or restart. Just sometimes.

I'd just love it to go away so I don't have to enter a password.

I've included a shot of the System Prefs settings.

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/2e7885a3-895f-470f-8a94-fa0ebc53c61f

2018 mb pro

Monterey 12.3.1

It looks like Automatic login is disabled. The box is checked.

If you want to change that unlock the pad lock to continue....

ref: Set your Mac to automatically log in during startup

The current stable release of Monterey including bug fixes, is macOS 12.5

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