Windows 10: Another user appeared on login screen

Well, I have this problem... I had configured from netplwiz to not have to put password to start the session since I am the only one who uses the pc and I think it can not be deactivated if one has the microsoft account linked to the user of Windows.

Then one day a new account appeared on the login screen, it has the same name as my user but without the photo, the problem is that I did not create it or appear in the list of users or anything like that. It is really bothering me because it is preventing my PC from starting automatically.

So if someone could please tell me what happens or what is the problem, or if it has a solution because I really do not understand what is happening or how to solve it.
Thank you very much in advance.

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Windows users at login

I cannot see all of my user accounts on the login screen on a new Windows 10 laptop. I have an account for my son and it does not appear as a user on the login screen. It is listed if I display the users with the CMD prompt. The only account I see is my
account which is an admin. His account is a user. All the suggestions I've seen are not available on home edition.

 

No login prompt at login screen

From the icons in the lower right it looks Shohambs has already done that. These only appear on the login screen AFAIK.




There should also be a list of one or more user accounts at the lower left, it's this that's missing. Without an account to select there won't be anything to sign in to.

 

User account does not appear on login screen

Hello Timothy,

Thank you for keeping us posted with the results and providing us with important details.

To be able to understand the issue better, let us know a few more detaisl on the below questions.

1. Did you make any recent software or registry changes to the computer prior to the issue?

2. Were you facing any user specific issues in Windows?

Now, as an initial recommendation, I suggest you to login through one of the local accounts and navigate to Settings > Accounts.

If the above does not reveal any user accounts, I suggest you to open Advanced User Accounts Control Panel to check if the referred user accounts exists or not. Please follow below.

• Press the Windows key and R from the keyboard to open the Run Command Dialog Box.
• Enter netplwiz

If it still does not help, refer to the below methods and check if it helps.

Method 1

This issue may happen due to system file corruption. I suggest you to run System file checker. System File checker (SFC) scan is done to check if there are any corrupted system files that could be causing this issue. Kindly follow
the below given steps:

• 
  Press Windows key + X, select
  Command prompt (Admin) to bring up elevated Command prompt.
  
• 
  In Command prompt type
  sfc/scannow and press enter.
  
• 
  Restart the computer.
  

Ref: Using System File Checker
in Windows 10

Method 2

If no corrupted system files were found in the previous state or were irrecoverable, then I suggest you to try the following steps to deploy the DISM command lines:

• 
  Press Windows key + X.
  
• 
  Click command prompt (Run as administrator).
  
• 
  In the Administrator: Command Prompt window, type the following commands. Press Enter key after each command:
  
  DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Scanhealth
  
  DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth
  
  To close the Administrator: Command prompt window, type Exit, and then press Enter.
  

Method 2

Try to revert the operating system to a previous working state and check if the user accounts show up.

Check if there is any Restore Point already created, follow the below steps.

• 
  Press Windows key + X, select System.
  
• 
  In the left pane, click on System Protection.
  
• 
  Select the option to system restore > next. It will show all restore points already created.
  

Write to us with the updated results for us to be able to assist you further.

Thank you.