Windows 10: Adding a user account in Windows 11 Home

I'm trying to give my wife a user account on my laptop. When I go to accounts/add it now says she already has an account but when I look only myself and my son are listed. When I do the netuser account only he and I are listed. I'm trying to make it so she can use my laptop should she need to travel or more recently our power went out and she needed to use it tethered to her phones hotspot. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm running Windows 11 home.

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Strange Windows 10 User Account issue.

Unfortunately I had done those steps numerous reboots, it just, reappears for no good reason. The base account isn't even a Microsoft account, it's a local account.

I haven't quite tried the built in administrator account on W10, but so far in my experience on my own computer, the built in account seemed to have absolutely no more control than I did on my own.

It's just strange, I go in, it warns me twice about deleting the account, then it's gone. Reboot, and it's back?

EDIT: Just to specify, both command line and Netplwiz both say only HIS account exists on the computer, it doesn't list this rogue account. This is what I meant in my first post about the fact that even Windows doesn't seem to believe it exists, HALF the time. *Frown

 

adding user accounts for children

Hi Kurt,



Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. We are glad to help you.

I would suggest you to try following methods and check if it helps.



I suggest you to follow the steps how to create the child account as below and check if it helps.

• Press Windows key and select
  settings.
• Click on Account and select
  Family and other users.
• Then click add someone else to this pc and
  select add child’s account.
• Enter the child’s email address and click on Next.
• Then click on finish.

Hope this information helps. Do contact us for further queries. We will be happy to assist.



Regards,

Jenith

 

adding user accounts for children

The customer:

"It is overbearing for Microsoft to require children to either have an e-mail or phone number"

The (unhelpful technician):

"I suggest you to follow the steps how to create the child account as below and check if it helps.

• Press Windows key and select settings.
• Click on Account and select Family and other users.
• Then click add someone else to this pc and select add child’s account
• Enter the child’s email address and click on Next."

This is becoming such a trend. Please read the details that someone has gone to the trouble of providing so that you can respond HELPFULLY.