Windows 10: a user exist in the lock screen menu but doesnt exists in the users list in account settings

My Windows 11 laptop had an issue that in the lock screen menu there is an user named "WIN10" which is the same name as my user folder in C:/users, And when i search for it in users list in settings, It doesnt appear, How do i fix this? Its pretty annoying

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Account not listed by net user

Good day,

I am trying to login to a laptop using an account with administrator rights. Unfortunately, this account seems to be locked - when attempting to login I get a message stating 'The referenced account is currently locked out and may not be logged on to'.

Following advice found on forums, etc. I then access command prompt in recovery mode and use 'net user <myusergoeshere> /active:yes' to unlock the account. This fails with an error stating that the user name could not be found. I then list all users using 'net user' and lo and behold, the user is not listed.

My question is, how can I get a message saying an account is locked for a user that does not exist? Surely the user must exist and is just not being listed by net user?

I now find myself in a situation where I have no other accounts for which I can remember the passwords and the account I do remember the password for is locked (but seems to not exist??). Seems I now have no choice but to reset and lose data. Bummer.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

 

Duplicate user account - but does not exist

There is no 'ghost account' to find. This always happens whenever you set up an autologon, but for one reason or another it fails. Then the name of the attempted log on will appear in the list of accounts, alongside the real names.

It's easy to demonstrate this effect. Here I have used netplwiz to set up auto sign in for my account named 'Owner' - but deliberately used the wrong password.






I did that screenshot last month, in response to this thread where the OP had the same issue as you.

Locked Out - Login Screen

 

User Account

Hi Barry,

We cannot use a standard (local) account to change the account type to administrator. We can only use an existing administrator account to do this.

We suggest following these steps on how to change the account type to administrator using the existing administrator account:

• Press Windows key + X on your keyboard, then click on
  Control Panel.
• Choose User Accounts, and then select User Accounts again.
• Under Make changes to your user account, click on Manage User Accounts. (It will show all user accounts and administrator account on the computer.)
• Sign out and log on with any administrator account.
• Go back to Control Panel/User Accounts.
• Click on Manage User Accounts and then select the standard account you wish to change.
• Select the Change Account Type option.
• Select the Administrator option to change the account and click the
  Change Account Type button.

Get back to us if you have other concern.