diff --git a/openslides/config/views.py b/openslides/config/views.py
index e93e08f18..dfeb6182e 100644
--- a/openslides/config/views.py
+++ b/openslides/config/views.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib import messages
-from django.contrib.auth.models import Group, Permission
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.utils.importlib import import_module
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
@@ -24,6 +23,7 @@ from openslides.utils.views import FormView, TemplateView
 
 from openslides.config.forms import GeneralConfigForm
 from openslides.config.models import config
+from openslides.participant.api import get_or_create_anonymous_group
 
 
 class GeneralConfig(FormView):
@@ -61,22 +61,7 @@ class GeneralConfig(FormView):
         # system
         if form.cleaned_data['system_enable_anonymous']:
             config['system_enable_anonymous'] = True
-            # check for Anonymous group and (re)create it as needed
-            try:
-                anonymous = Group.objects.get(name='Anonymous')
-            except Group.DoesNotExist:
-                default_perms = ['can_see_agenda', 'can_see_projector',
-                    'can_see_motion', 'can_see_assignment',
-                    'can_see_dashboard']
-                anonymous = Group()
-                anonymous.name = 'Anonymous'
-                anonymous.save()
-                anonymous.permissions = Permission.objects.filter(
-                    codename__in=default_perms)
-                anonymous.save()
-                messages.success(self.request,
-                    _('Anonymous access enabled. Please modify the "Anonymous" ' \
-                    'group to fit your required permissions.'))
+            anonymous = get_or_create_anonymous_group()
         else:
             config['system_enable_anonymous'] = False
 
diff --git a/openslides/participant/api.py b/openslides/participant/api.py
index 938eacca6..5544af64c 100644
--- a/openslides/participant/api.py
+++ b/openslides/participant/api.py
@@ -17,12 +17,17 @@ from random import choice
 import string
 import csv
 
-from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from django.contrib.auth.models import Permission
 from django.db import transaction
 
 from openslides.utils import csv_ext
 
-from openslides.participant.models import User
+from openslides.participant.models import User, Group
+
+
+DEFAULT_PERMS = ['can_see_agenda', 'can_see_projector',
+                 'can_see_motion', 'can_see_assignment',
+                 'can_see_dashboard']
 
 
 def gen_password():
@@ -93,3 +98,23 @@ def import_users(csv_file):
     except UnicodeDecodeError:
         error_messages.appen(_('Import file has wrong character encoding, only UTF-8 is supported!'))
     return (count_success, error_messages)
+
+
+def get_or_create_registered_group():
+    registered, created = Group.objects.get_or_create(
+        name__iexact='Registered', defaults={'name': 'Registered'})
+    if created:
+        registered.permissions = Permission.objects.filter(
+                    codename__in=DEFAULT_PERMS)
+        registered.save()
+    return registered
+
+
+def get_or_create_anonymous_group():
+    anonymous, created = Group.objects.get_or_create(
+        name__iexact='Anonymous', defaults={'name': 'Anonymous'})
+    if created:
+        anonymous.permissions = Permission.objects.filter(
+                    codename__in=DEFAULT_PERMS)
+        anonymous.save()
+    return anonymous
diff --git a/openslides/participant/forms.py b/openslides/participant/forms.py
index da395680e..b1fcea525 100644
--- a/openslides/participant/forms.py
+++ b/openslides/participant/forms.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ from openslides.utils.forms import (
     CssClassMixin, LocalizedModelMultipleChoiceField)
 
 from openslides.participant.models import User, Group
+from openslides.participant.api import get_or_create_registered_group
 
 
 class UserCreateForm(forms.ModelForm, CssClassMixin):
@@ -25,6 +26,13 @@ class UserCreateForm(forms.ModelForm, CssClassMixin):
         queryset=Group.objects.exclude(name__iexact='anonymous'),
         label=_("Groups"), required=False)
 
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        if kwargs.get('instance', None) is None:
+            initial = kwargs.setdefault('initial', {})
+            registered = get_or_create_registered_group()
+            initial['groups'] = [registered.pk]
+        super(UserCreateForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
     class Meta:
         model = User
         fields = ('first_name', 'last_name', 'is_active', 'groups', 'structure_level',
@@ -76,13 +84,13 @@ class GroupForm(forms.ModelForm, CssClassMixin):
         # Do not allow to change the name "anonymous" or give another group
         # this name
         data = self.cleaned_data['name']
-        if self.instance.name.lower() == 'anonymous':
+        if self.instance.name.lower() in ['anonymous', 'registered']:
             # Editing the anonymous-user
             if self.instance.name.lower() != data.lower():
                 raise forms.ValidationError(
-                    _('You can not edit the name for the anonymous user'))
+                    _('You can not edit the name for this group.'))
         else:
-            if data.lower() == 'anonymous':
+            if data.lower() in ['anonymous', 'registered']:
                 raise forms.ValidationError(
                     _('Group name "%s" is reserved for internal use.') % data)
         return data
diff --git a/openslides/participant/models.py b/openslides/participant/models.py
index 14758a16d..7f047a9c4 100644
--- a/openslides/participant/models.py
+++ b/openslides/participant/models.py
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ def default_config(sender, key, **kwargs):
 
 
 @receiver(signals.post_save, sender=DjangoUser)
-def user_post_save(sender, instance, signal, *args, **kwargs):
+def djangouser_post_save(sender, instance, signal, *args, **kwargs):
     try:
         instance.user
     except User.DoesNotExist:
@@ -242,8 +242,18 @@ def user_post_save(sender, instance, signal, *args, **kwargs):
 
 
 @receiver(signals.post_save, sender=DjangoGroup)
-def group_post_save(sender, instance, signal, *args, **kwargs):
+def djangogroup_post_save(sender, instance, signal, *args, **kwargs):
     try:
         instance.group
     except Group.DoesNotExist:
         Group(django_group=instance).save_base(raw=True)
+
+
+@receiver(signals.post_save, sender=User)
+def user_post_save(sender, instance, *args, **kwargs):
+    from openslides.participant.api import get_or_create_registered_group
+    if not kwargs['created']:
+        return
+    registered = get_or_create_registered_group()
+    instance.groups.add(registered)
+    instance.save()
diff --git a/openslides/participant/templates/participant/group_overview.html b/openslides/participant/templates/participant/group_overview.html
index 8bcbf46c1..550fe2f56 100644
--- a/openslides/participant/templates/participant/group_overview.html
+++ b/openslides/participant/templates/participant/group_overview.html
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         <tr class="{% cycle '' 'odd' %}">
             <td><a href="{% model_url group 'view' %}">{{ group.name }}</a></td>
             <td><a href="{% url user_group_edit group.id %}"><img src="{% static 'images/icons/edit.png' %}" title="{% trans 'Edit group' %}"></a>
-            {% if group.name|lower != 'anonymous' %}
+            {% if group.name|lower != 'anonymous' and group.name|lower != 'registered' %}
             <a href="{% url user_group_delete group.id %}"><img src="{% static 'images/icons/delete.png' %}" title="{% trans 'Delete group' %}"></a>
             {% endif %}
             </td>