Default Auto Connect

I have a Actiontec modem and have changed my Advanced Security Settings to WPA-2 Personal and setup a network security key.   I shutdown my PC in the evening and then log back in the next evening but my network does not ask for the security key it auto connects. 
I open the Network and sharing center  click Manage Wireless Adapters and  under Networks you can view, modify, reorder it has that network with WPA-2 and manual connect.
If I remove the network listed in the Manage Wireless Adapters then click on the network to connect then it will ask me for the security key.
I'm using windows 7 so why does the network keep defaulting to auto connect ?

Windows (regardless of version) saves your pre-shared key by default.  There is a way to adjust your registry settings so it does not save your pre-shared key password.  I don't know how off hand.  The only time I've seen this as an issue is in a corporate environment when using 802.1x.  The 802.1x client will save the authentication credentials and will log you in automatically.  So much for security I guess.
If you dont want your laptop to connect to the SSID automatically when it sees the SSID there is a check mark you can turn off that says "connect automatically when this network is in range".
So the question is, why do you want to enter your PSK every time you connect?

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